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Battery Position
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: March 29, 2008
Caption: Battery Position
Additional Description: Looking over the fence rails at the base of the Observation Tower, Hexamer's Battery occupied a position here during the afternoon of the battle. According to the Antietam Battlefield Board maps, the battery was actually a bit further north at 3 p.m., moving to this position at around 4:20 p.m.
Submitted: April 8, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p20953
File Size: 1.231 Megabytes

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