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Reserve Position
Photographer: Craig Swain
Caption: Reserve Position
Additional Description: Looking north from the Boonsboro Pike, near the marker cluster. The ridge in the background stands on the east side of Antietam Creek north of the Middle Bridge, and shielded units deployed here from Confederate observation and fire. Three different divisions cycled through this location. On the morning of the 17th, Richardson's Division of the II Corps occupied positions here. Later in the day Morell's Division took position here as the center reserve. On the 18th Humphreys' Division arrived here.
Submitted: April 15, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p21520
File Size: 1.055 Megabytes

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