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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: November 11, 2008
Caption: The Monument Line of Brooke's Brigade
Additional Description: Looking south on Brooke Avenue toward the tablet location. On the left of this view are the monuments for the 53rd Pennsylvania and 64th New York. Between them is the Fourth Brigade tablet. On the right side of the road is the tablet for Semmes' Confederate Brigade. The monument for the 2nd Delaware is just beyond the crest of this rise, above Semmes' tablet. Note again how quickly the ground slopes off behind the tablet (to the left). The ground provided Brooke's men a classic reverse slope defense, but had the disadvantage of being in the woods, thus limiting fields of fire. Furthermore, the Brigade was advanced so far as to be easily isolated.
Submitted: January 25, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p51135
File Size: 1.553 Megabytes

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