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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: March 29, 2008
Caption: Anderson's Brigade Early Morning Position
Additional Description: Early in the morning of the battle, Anderson's Brigade defended the Boonsboro Pike and approaches from the Middle Bridge. At the time of the battle the Newcomer House stood in the right foreground here. The modern Boonsboro Pike, Maryland 34, runs on the right side of the photo. The path of the road at the time of the battle was about 25 to 30 yards further south. As the battle to the north developed, Anderson's Brigade moved out of the ravine here, up the farm lane (what is today Richardson Avenue), and into position along the Sunken Road. This photo was taken from War Department Tablet 86 (Fourth U.S. Infantry) along the south leg of Richardson Avenue.
Submitted: April 8, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p20942
File Size: 1.153 Megabytes

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