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Left Flank of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: November 1, 2008
Caption: Left Flank of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Additional Description: The left flank marker (foreground, with the right flank marker of the 9th New York Cavalry), is south of the monument along Buford Avenue. The right flank marker is north of the intersection of Buford Avenue and Mummasburg Road just beyond the monument. The line represents the "base" from which the 17th's skirmishers were deployed forward in the early morning of July 1. Later in the morning phases the troopers fought a delaying action against the advancing Confederate infantry. The Regimental headquarters was at the Forney House, which stood behind the monument.
Submitted: January 17, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p50290
File Size: 1.481 Megabytes

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