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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: August 11, 2008
Caption: Site of Dam Number 1
Additional Description: This location, now the Lee Hall Reservoir, was where the Vermont Infantry crossed the river on April 16, 1862 to attack the 15th North Carolina. This battle was the only major attempt to break through the Confederate defenses during the Peninsula Campaign.
Submitted: August 16, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p31954
File Size: 0.945 Megabytes

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