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A Monument to the 77th Pennsylvania Near the Winfrey House
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Walthall's Brigade and the 34th MI; Detail of Alexander's Bridge Attack, 18-Sep-1863
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Alexander's Bridge, Facing Union Lines. (Non-Original Bridge Now Condemned)
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Chickamauga River at Alexander's Bridge. The Mississippians Needed the Bridge Because the River, While Fairly Narrow, is Very Deep
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Looking Downstream from Alexander's Bridge
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Another Look at the Chickamauga at Alexander's Bridge
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First Monument Concerning the Actions of the 34th MS and Its Brigade Mates at Alexander's Bridge
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Two Farm Dogs Come Up to Check Out the Beagles in the Jeep While I Take Pics at Alexander's Bridge
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The Beagles Were NOT Pleased to be Visited by the Farm Dogs
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After Being Repulsed at Alexander's Bridge, the MS Regiments Moved Northeast Along the River Bank, Looking for a Ford; They Would Cross the River and Camp On the Other Side as Night Fell on 18-Sep-1863
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The Corner of Dietz Road and Reeds Bridge Road, at the Northeast Corner of the Battlefield
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Reeds Bridge, Which Was Caputred by Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry the Evening of 18-Sep-1863
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Chickamauga Creek from Reeds Bridge, Looking North
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Northeastern Entrance to the Battlefield Park on Reed's Bridge Road, Heading West
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One of the Handful of Union Units Opposing the Confederate Advances West of Chickamauga Creek
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Details of Action of Pegram's Division, CSA. This Division Would Fight Near or Among the MS Regiments During the Second Day
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View Looking South Along Jay's Mill Road in the Area Where the MS Regiments, Including the 34th, Bivouacked the Night of 18-Sep-1863
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The 34th and Other MS Regiments Were Part of Liddell's Division, Which is Mentioned Here
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While the Exhausted Walthall Brigade Rested, Action was Hot in the Darkness of the Night of 18-Sep-1863
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Another View South Along Jay's Mill Road Near Walthall's Brigade's Encampments
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Also Fighting in the Dark While Walthall's Mississippians Made Camp Was Wood's Brigade
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The Area Along Jay's Mill Road Gives Some Idea of the Natural Setting of the Battlefield: Flat, Heavily Forested, and Disorienting
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More of Jay's Mill Road, Looking South. The Trees Were Less Thick in 1863, But Visibility Was Still Limited
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1863 Battlefield Visibility Was 150 Yards or So; Today, It is Down to 50 or So Yards, Since No Farmers and Their Animals Are Around to Keep the Woods Cleared Out
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A Unit of the Union Forces Which Successfully Opposed Walthall's MS Brigade Across Alexander's Bridge on 18-Sep
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What Union Regiments Faced as Walthall's MS Brigade Attacked Alexander's Bridge (The Orange Cone in the Distance - Vehicles Currently Can't Travel Any Further South)
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The 34th MS and Walthall's Brigade's Second Battlefield Marker. The 34th's Colonel, Samuel Benton, Was Wounded at Perryville, Leaving Maj. Pegram in Command at Chickamauga
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Details of Walthall's Brigade Actions on the Second Day of Chickamauga, 19-Sep-1863
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A Broader View of the Preceding Two Markers, Showing the View From Walthall's Brigade Toward Union Positions West of Jay's Mill Road
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Marker for an Illinois Regiment Pushed Back by Walthall's Brigade and Tennessee Artillery Units