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#8 Apex of Hookers' Last Line:
Earthworks to your right rear mark the apex of Hooker's last line of defense. The Federals retreated to this position late in the morning of May 3, guarding the roads to Ely's and United States Fords. The defensive-minded Union commander sat virtually idle in this stronghold while Lee dispatched reinforcements to outgunned Confederates at Salem Church, seven miles east. Early on the afternoon of May 4, Union general Armiel W. Whipple fell mortally wounded while inspecting earthworks on the skirmish line in a field, in front of this spot. |