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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 17, 2008
Caption: Gunner's View
Additional Description: Looking down the barrel of a Parrott Rifle toward Triangle Field. The guns' location is not accurate, as Smith's Battery was placed several dozen yards further up the crest of the ridge (to the north). However, the current location does give some appreciation for the gunner's view. The ground just past the road begins to drop off. At the stone wall, that slope is more pronounced. As seen from this view, while the position offered a great line of site to Warfield Ridge where the Confederates started their attack, the guns could not fire at the enemy in the foreground due to the slope.
Submitted: November 5, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p42534
File Size: 1.214 Megabytes

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