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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: August 22, 2004
Caption: Union right flank west of the railroad. The tree line on the left fronts the river.
Additional Description: Col. Samuel R Spear's 1st D.C. and 11th Pa. approached along the east side of the railroad and Col. Robert M. West's 5th Pa. and 3rd N.Y. along the west side.

"I formed an assaulting party and directed it up the embankment, in the hope that by a quick move we might obtain possession of the main bridge sufficiently long enough to fire it. The men tried repeatedly to gain a foothold on the railroad, and to advance along the sides of the embankment, but could not." - Colonel Robert M. West
Submitted: June 25, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p68324
File Size: 0.183 Megabytes

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