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Photographer: Brian Scott
Caption: Brig. General Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862)
Additional Description: On September 17, 1862, he led his troops on a rapid march from Harpers Ferry to Sharpsburg, Maryland where the Battle of Antietam was raging. Branch arrived on the field around 2:30 PM, in time to help stop the Union advance, thus saving General Robert E. Lee's right flank from a crushing defeat. Soon after this victory, Branch stood talking with fellow brigadier generals Maxcy Gregg, Dorsey Pender, James J. Archer, along with Hill and General Lee when a Federal sharpshooter, seeing the group, fired a shot that hit him in the right cheek and exited behind his left ear, killing him instantly. He fell dead into the arms of a staff officer.
Submitted: October 12, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p333192
File Size: 0.085 Megabytes

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