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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: April 6, 2008
Caption:
Hood's Position on September 15th | Additional Description: Having conducted rear guard operations as the army fell back from South Mountain. Arriving on the west side of Antietam Creek, the division was posted to the south side of Boonsboro Pike (on the left here), on high ground that later became the National Cemetery. This photo was taken over the wall of the Cemetery. The Division had marched from positions on South Mountain, which can be seen as the most distant ridge line on the far left.
Submitted: April 20, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p21821
File Size: 1.015 Megabytes
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