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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 17, 2008
Caption: 5th Connecticut Infantry at the Wall
Additional Description: The 5th Connecticut Infantry was posted on the right flank of the second line of McDougall's Brigade, here at the base of the wall to the left of modern day Slocum Avenue. The Regiment was called, with the Brigade, to reinforce the Federal left flank in the afternoon of July 2, abandoning this position. Confederates occupied the positions here in their absence. On July 3rd, the 5th Connecticut remained with the rest of the Brigade posted to the southwest, close to the Baltimore Pike.
Submitted: November 17, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p43862
File Size: 1.707 Megabytes

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