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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: March 15, 2008
Caption: Bowers Hill
Additional Description: Looking northeast from Meadow Branch Avenue toward Bowers Hill. The hill today is in the middle of subdivisions and city utility yards. In the distance, beyond the tree line stands a water tower, roughly at the crest of Bowers Hill. The Federal right flank stood there and resisted one attack by Winder's Confederate Brigade. At around 7:30 a.m. Taylor's Louisiana Brigade attacked from the southwest, generally from the point of view offered in this photograph. The Louisiana "Tiger" Brigade carried the hill, precipitating a Federal route.
Submitted: April 25, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p22176
File Size: 1.282 Megabytes

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