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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 17, 2007
Caption: The Sunken Road seen from the Brigade's Line
Additional Description: When the brigade reached the top of the slope, the range to the Confederate position was only a few hundred yards at best. The snake rail fence next to the road can be seen beside the tree in the center. The tree stands close to the 132nd Pennsylvania Monument on the road. Most of the brigade was armed with smoothbore Model 1842 Springfield muskets, loaded with "buck and ball" rounds. At other battlefields, such armament was at disadvantage to rifled muskets. Here, with the close ranges and multiple projectiles from each load, the smoothbores had some advantages.
Submitted: February 18, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p16410
File Size: 0.916 Megabytes

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