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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 22, 2007
Caption: Infantry Trenches on Bolivar Heights
Additional Description: The shallow ditch to the side of the trail is the remains of an infantry trench line that extended the length of the ridge line. Originally only a couple of block houses reinforced the infantry trench. By 1864, five such block houses were erected to defend this approach to Harpers Ferry. By that time, the town was a supply base for a major campaign to drive the Confederates out of the Shenandoah Valley.
Submitted: February 13, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p15959
File Size: 1.836 Megabytes

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