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Just beyond this high ground lies the famous Cornfield, scene of the worst fighting that morning.
At dawn, Union troops launched the first attack from the North Woods.
The East Woods provided cover for Union soldiers.
Union artillery fired over the heads of their own infantry.
Approximately 5,000 men fro Sedgwick's Division of Union Gen. Edwin V. Sumner's 2nd Corps advanced toward the West Woods at about 9:00am. |