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Description: May 5 situation along the Orange Plank Road in the Battle of the Wilderness of the American Civil War. The Union command of Getty (blue) protected the vital intersection of Brock Road with Orange Plank Road while Hancock hurried to assist. Two divisions from the corps of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill (red) advanced down Orange Plank Road, pushing back Hammond's cavalry regiment. The intersection, the Tapp Farm (Lee's HQ), and Chewning Farm (location of BG Crawford who discovered Hill's infantry) are all circled in yellow.
Title: Battle of the Wilderness - May 5 Orange Plank
Credit: This is a crop with small modifications of the file WILDERNESS May5.jpg that is from Hogan, David W. Jr. The Overland Campaign. Washington, DC: United States Army Center of Military History, 2014. ISBN 9780160925177. Source [1]
Author: David W. Hogan, Jr. and the United States Army Center of Military History
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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