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Attack of the Federal VI Corps
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 26, 2007
Caption: Attack of the Federal VI Corps
Additional Description: Behind the Winchester Mall, just to the north of Berryville Pike, near the exit ramp for I-81. At the time of the battle, this ravine was a wooded slope. The modern shopping complex road cuts over the stream bed here, giving a false sense of elevation.

Near here Brig. Gen. David A. Ricketts' Division encountered Confederates under General Ramseur. As a gap had opened between Ricketts' line and the XIX Corps to their right, Confederates under General Robert Rodes attempted to split the Federal forces. The fighting around this ravine was intense. General Rodes was mortally wounded in the action.
Submitted: September 3, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p6390
File Size: 1.154 Megabytes

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