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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 16, 2008
Caption: Salem Artillery's Rifled Section Position
Additional Description: Two 3-inch Ordnance Rifles flank the tablet, representing the position of the rifled guns from the battery on July 3. From this view, the Round Tops at the south end of the battlefield are clearly in sight. However visibility of the Federal positions directly engaged by the battery, on Cemetery Hill and Ridge, are blocked today by modern buildings and trees.
Submitted: September 28, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p37039
File Size: 1.676 Megabytes

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