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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: February 21, 2009
Caption: Smith's Line
Additional Description: Looking north down Taneytown Road into Gettysburg from near the tablet location. At the time of the battle, stone walls lined the road here, and the ground was open to the south edge of the city, Close to modern day High Street. The Brigade arrayed along the Taneytown Road with the 136 New York on the left (behind the camera); 73rd Ohio in the center (foreground here); and the 55th Ohio on the right (near the intersection seen in the distance). Skirmishers from the Brigade extended forward to the right toward the Emmitsburg Road.
Submitted: March 9, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p55440
File Size: 1.383 Megabytes

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