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Battle Of Pliot Knob
Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: August 13, 2012
Caption: Battle Of Pliot Knob
Additional Description: Price's soldiers attacked in three waves, the final desperate assault reaching the dry moat surrounding the fort. They were repelled by a combination of fierce fire and hand-thrown Ketcham grenades, leaving behind over 1000 dead and wounded. Union casualties numbered 12 dead, 65 wounded and 129 missing.
Submitted: August 28, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p217428
File Size: 1.241 Megabytes

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