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Federal Defense
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 30, 2010
Caption: Federal Defense
Additional Description: Empty artillery carriages represent the thirteen guns massed at the southwest edge of Ruddick's Field. Federals from General Eugene Carr's Division rallied here and halted the Confederate advance. A Federal counterattack made as the sun receded gained the north side of the field but fell back.
Submitted: September 13, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p127683
File Size: 1.063 Megabytes

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