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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: November 11, 2008
Caption: Semmes' Brigade Advances to the Woods
Additional Description: Looking from Brooke Avenue toward the west and the direction from which Semmes' Brigade approached the Rose Woods. The brigade was behind Kershaw's Brigade at the start of the advance, and while crossing Emmitsburg Road. But after reaching the Rose Farm (just north, right out of view), Kershaw's command was directed to the left to deal with the Federals in the Peach Orchard and along what is today Wheatfield Road. Semmes' Brigade arrived in what was an orchard at the time just beyond Brooke Avenue. From here, the Georgians would attack Brooke's Brigade in the Rose Woods, driving them back through the Wheatfield.
Submitted: January 25, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p51132
File Size: 1.171 Megabytes

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