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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: December 27, 2008
Caption: Battery Position
Additional Description: Earthworks in front of the guns were likely reconstructed early in the park's history. The gun closest to the road was produced by Revere Copper, also of Boston, and is registry number 242. Closest to the camera is the Hooper gun with registry number 283. On the other side of Baltimore Pike are the Napoleon guns of Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, which also covered the approaches from Gettysburg.
Submitted: March 9, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p55495
File Size: 1.518 Megabytes

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