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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: February 9, 2008
Caption: High Water Mark for the 1st Division 1st Corps
Additional Description: In the early stages of the morning portion of the battle, Gibbon's Brigade, of which the 19th Indiana was a part, moved south down the Hagerstown Pike. The Brigade passed through the western part of the cornfield and penetrated nearly to the Dunker Church. From this view, looking north on the Dunker Church Road (the old Hagerstown Pike), the point Gibbon's Brigade reached was roughly on line with the second utility pole on the right. At that point, the Brigade still faced south (toward the camera). In the distance down the pike, beyond the modern farm buildings, are the New Jersey and Indiana state monuments, marking the southwest corner of the Cornfield. The 19th Indiana Monument is along the road, adjacent to the farm buildings. On the left side of the road are the West Woods, from which Starke's and Warren's Confederate Brigades retreated away from the advancing Federals.
Submitted: March 8, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p18092
File Size: 1.294 Megabytes

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