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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: April 4, 2009
Caption: 26th Wisconsin Infantry
Additional Description: The monument with flank markers on each side. The monument and flank markers represent a relative location where the regiment was posted. The 26th Wisconsin advanced as the right most regiment in Krzyzanowski's Brigade, which advanced on the east side of the Carlisle Road in an effort to halt the Confederate advance. The Confederates had just overwhelmed Barlow's Division on Blocher's (now Barlow's) Knoll. As the right most regiment, the 26th Wisconsin was soon hit from front and flank by Gordon's Confederate Brigade. After losing 26 men killed and 129 wounded in a few minutes fighting, the Regiment withdrew, starting a general collapse of Krzyzanowski's Brigade.
Submitted: April 16, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p59542
File Size: 1.141 Megabytes

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