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To: jonascord
That is a photo of The Sunken Road

Yes, that is the Sunken Road, which would be re-named Bloody Lane. But what you can see in the background doesn't look to me like but what was left of the Cornfield.

11 posted on 09/16/2012 11:23:02 AM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: Former Fetus
The Cornfield is off to the left, out of view, about 1,000 yards North and a point West. Besides, the Cornfield was blown and trampled flat. Someone there commented that every stalk had been clipped to ground level by the storm of gunfire.

That is the grove of trees the Federals used for cover, to form up before the attack. They were shot to firewood by Confederate artillery from the Dunker Church and the West Wood. (It looks very much like the trees after the F5 tornado in Midwest City, Oklahoma, back in the '90's, in fact.)

I WAS wrong about it being Mansfield's Corps. It was Sumner, the "Bull of the Woods," who led the attack on the Sunken Road.

12 posted on 09/16/2012 11:47:39 AM PDT by jonascord (Hot Flash: Your "government" is no longer mine.)
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