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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 5, 2007
Caption: Afternoon Advance of the 7th Maine
Additional Description: Photo taken from Richardson Avenue, near the intersection with the Hagerstown Pike. The 7th Maine advanced into the low ground north of the Piper barn, the top of which is seen here in the right distance. The orchard on the left flank of the regiment is seen on the ridge line on the distant left of the photo. In this pocket, the Maine solders received fire from Confederates behind a fence line on the Hagerstown Pike and on the high ground behind the Piper barn.
Submitted: February 18, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p16333
File Size: 0.944 Megabytes

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