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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: December 22, 2007
Caption: Clash of Crawford's and Garnett's Brigdes
Additional Description: Looking to the northwest from the second walking trail stop, this ground was heavily wooded at the time of the battle. In the late afternoon, following the long artillery duel, Federal infantry under General Samuel Crawford pushed through a weak point in the Confederate lines and fought at close quarters with Confederates in Col. T.S. Garnett's Brigade. Normally in the Civil War combat was initiated at range, and often neither combatant approached closer than pistol range. But here, because of the terrain, particularly the wooded thicket, both sides were close enough to touch when the firing started.
Submitted: January 1, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p12913
File Size: 1.001 Megabytes

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