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U. S. CIVIL WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS
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CHANCELLORSVILLE
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Chancellorsville Map (Described on Page 1)
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Indiana 27th Infantry Monument.
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THE 27th INDIANA INFANTRY.
3rd BRIGADE 1st DIV. 12th CORPS.
HELD THIS POSITION FROM 7 P.M.
MAY 2nd TO 9 A.M. MAY 3rd, 1863.
PRESENT FOR DUTY 300.
KILLED 36. WOUNDED 114.
MUSTERED IN AUG. 1861. MUSTERED OUT SEPT. 1864
TOTAL ENROLLMENT 1,101. KILLED 172
WOUNDED 505. DIED OF DISEASE &c. 120.
BROWN'S HISTORY 27th INDIANA INFANTRY
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Indiana 27th Infantry Monument Text. (N)
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Jackson was not the only Confederate General to die in the battle of
Chancellorsville. The next day, May 3, 1863, Brigadier General
E. F. Paxton, ironically, leading the Stonewall brigade , was killed.
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Monument indicating where Paxton was Shot.
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The Plaque reads:
IN THIS VICINITY
BRIG. GEN. E. F. PAXTON, C.S.A.
AGED 35 YEARS, OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VA.
WAS KILLED ON THE MORNING OF MAY 3, 1863
WHILE LEADING HIS COMMAND, THE
STONEWALL BRIGADE
IN THE ATTACK ON FAIRVIEW.
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