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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: September 17, 2008
Caption: Advance of the 11th Mississippi
Additional Description: Looking past the position marker toward the Confederate lines on Seminary Ridge. The Regiment began its advance on July 3 in the woods seen in the distance. The 11th Mississippi was the left most unit in the advance and was subjected to heavy fire on it's front and flanks. Only a handful of the men reached the stone wall. Company A, the "University Greys" lost every man in the assault - killed, wounded, or captured.
Submitted: December 20, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p47233
File Size: 1.580 Megabytes

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