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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 17, 2008
Caption: 137th New York Infantry Left Flank Marker
Additional Description: Looking from the regiment's left flank marker toward the monument. The marker designates the original position of the regiment on the afternoon of July 2. When the rest of the Division had move to reinforce other sectors on the evening of July 2, the 137th was ordered to cover the ground vacated by Kane's and McDougal's Brigades near the lower crest of Culp's Hill, with barely 450 men. The New Yorkers resisted the superior numbers of Confederates, and bought time for reinforcements to arrive. Eventually, the regiment reoccupied a position their original lines. The other monuments nearby are those of Federal regiments which occupied portions of the line on July 3rd.
Submitted: November 29, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p45102
File Size: 1.912 Megabytes

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