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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: April 6, 2008
Caption: Trimble's and Lawton's (Douglas's) Brigades
Additional Description: The day before the battle of Antietam, the other two brigades of Ewell's Divison, Trimble's and Lawton's (under command of Col. Marcellus Douglas at the time), were moved forward to positions between the Mumma Farm and D.R. Miller's cornfield. Trimble's Brigade held an extended line in this vicinity, near the Mumma Cemetery. This view is looking to the west from the cemetery (wall in the foreground). The Visitors Center is on the distant left, with the Mummas Lane passing through the photo.
Submitted: April 18, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p21688
File Size: 1.136 Megabytes

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