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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: November 8, 2008
Caption: Triangle Field
Additional Description: Across the Avenue from the monument is Triangle Field. When the 1st Texas advanced against the Devil's Den, they were funneled up the slope of Houck's Ridge here, and were somewhat disorganized, but threatened Smith's Battery of Parrott Rifles. Twice Major James Cromwell requested permission to charge the Texas, only to be denied by Colonel Ellis. On the third request, Ellis consented and the regiment charged across the stone wall into the field. While the charge saved the guns, at least for a while, Col. Ellis, Major Cromwell, and many others were killed in the assault.
Submitted: January 6, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p49220
File Size: 1.401 Megabytes

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