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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: February 9, 2008
Caption: The "Other" Cornfield of Antietam
Additional Description: Receiving less attention from historians is the Forty Acre Cornfield in the southern section of the battlefield. Over the span of several hours, the sides contested this ground, every bit as bloody as the more famous cornfield in the northern section of the battlefield. From this view from Branch Avenue, the cornfield extended across the low ground toward the ridge line in the distance. Gregg's Brigade entered the cornfield from the southwest and attempted to turn the Federal defenses guarding the Burnside Bridge. Federal artillery on the ridge line in the distance helped to stop the Confederate advance.
Submitted: March 30, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p20209
File Size: 0.993 Megabytes

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