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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: February 21, 2009
Caption: 39th New York Infantry Retakes The Guns
Additional Description: Looking from the marker location to the north toward the Pennsylvania Memorial. The 39th New York formed the second rank of Willard's Brigade, preparing to counter the main portion of Barksdale's Confederate Brigade then advancing on Plum Run. The 39th New York was detailed to clear the 21st Mississippi from Watson's guns. The New Yorkers crossed the ground between this point and the Pennsylvania Memorial to drive off the Mississippians.
Submitted: March 29, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p57518
File Size: 1.071 Megabytes

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