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Jackson's Flank Attack

A sunrise behind a tree overlooking a wide field. — From this location, Confederate troops under General Jackson attacked the unsuspecting Union rear.
Buddy Secor

Here at 5:15pm on May 2, Jackson's veterans crushed the Union Army's right flank held by General Oliver O. Howard's 11th Corps.

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

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