2021 Caption This! week 22

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Confederates Clear the Wheatfield

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Wofford’s fresh troops, appearing suddenly on the flank of Sweitzer’s brigade, precipitated a brief hand-to-hand melee. Simultaneously they directed a concentrated fire upon Burbank’s flank at under 300 yards, pushing Burbank back into Day’s brigade and defeating the Regulars. But a combined pursuit by the Confederates was repulsed in Plum Run valley to the east, where they encountered substantial Union forces, including a Pennsylvania Reserve brigade controlled by Crawford and two lead brigades from the Sixth Corps. Attached map illustrates the action at 7:05 p.m.

My aide, Lieutenant [John A. M.] Seitz … came back at a full...

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Special Requirements!

July is the big month, and with so few reenactments last year, lets make this contest all about Reenactment/Living Histories!

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  2. The person submitting the photo must be the photographer.
  3. Photo must have been taken within the last 2 years
  4. Photo may be from a Reenactment, Battlefield, or any other Civil War subject matter.
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 ★ ★   Buford, John

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John Buford Jr.
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Born: March 4, 1826
Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847
Mother: Ann B. Watson
Wife: Martha McDowell “Pattie” Duke 1830 – 1903

Children:
James Duke Buford 1855 – 1874​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​
Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​

Education:
1848: Graduated from West Point Military...​

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