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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 24, 2008
Caption:
Hancock and Heth Battle on May 10 | Additional Description: On May 9, Hancock's II Corps attempted to flank the Confederate lines near the Po River (to the west of the modern battlefield park) as far as the Block House Bridge (along Modern CR 608). On the morning of the 10th, while Hancock's men were retiring to align Warren's Corps to the east, they were attacked by Heth's Confederate division. The fighting took place across the open ground to the north (left of this photo) of CR 608.
Submitted: August 25, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p33229
File Size: 0.909 Megabytes
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