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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: November 11, 2008
Caption: Advance of the 47th Alabama
Additional Description: Looking from the intersection of Wright Avenue (which becomes Warren Avenue) and Sykes Avenue, which runs up the slope of Little Round Top to the right. The 47th Alabama advanced up the hill through this section of wooded boulders on the west (left) of the Avenue. The 4th Alabama was on their left, away from the camera. The 15th Alabama was to the right of the 47th, along or east of modern Sykes Avenue. As the battle developed, the 15th would swing wider to the east.
Submitted: January 2, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p48726
File Size: 1.269 Megabytes

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