perry0020 Looking towards Starkweather
Heights (I believe) from the center of the Union position |
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perry0021
Another view of the current-day Visitor Center, from the center of the
Union position |
perry0022 Looking north, from near
the Visitor Center, at the far left flank of the Union line, anchored by
Parson's Union Battery
Pictures perry0022.jpg through perry0029.jpg reflect a walk from the current-day Visitor Center to the Parson's Battery site, across to Starkweather
Heights, and back through the center of the battlefield, passing the
site of the recently located Widow Gibson Cabin |
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perry0023 Viewing Starkweather Heights from the Parson's Battery position. The white marker in the center discusses the famous cornfield, where the raw 21st Wisconsin lay in ambush for the approach of Maney's
Confederate brigade after it took the Parson's position. Stone's and
Bush's Union Batteries would inflict significant damage on the pursuing
Confederates as the charged down this slope |
(perry0024 Looking generally south, from the eastern edge of the cornfield. The Benton Road is on your right, with Starkweather
Heights off the picture immediately to the right. The Benton Road bends to
the southwest just at the edge of the picture. The higher ground here was
held by the 79th PA, and elements of Webster's and Harris's Union
Brigades. This area was the lynchpin of the Union defense, and saved a
complete rout |
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perry0025 Looking back from the eastern edge of the cornfield, back at the Parson's Battery position. This would have been the view that the 21st Wisconsin saw as Maney's
Tennesseans swept over the hill in the distance |