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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: February 9, 2008
Caption: Branch's Brigade Enters the Battle
Additional Description: Branch's Brigade deployed off the Sawmill Road off to the east of Harpers Ferry Road facing north. The Brigade would pass across what is today Branch Avenue and continue north into the flank of the Federal IX Corps. This photo was taken from the west running section of Branch Avenue looking west toward Harpers Ferry Road. The tablet location is at the top of the hill here. The brigade passed from left to right, with the 37th and 7th North Carolina in the front rank, and the 33rd and 18th in the second rank. The 28th North Carolina was deployed along Harpers Ferry Road screening artillery batteries there. To Branch's right on the ground where this photo was taken, Gregg's Brigade advanced into the Forty Acre Cornfield.
Submitted: March 30, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p20221
File Size: 1.061 Megabytes

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