April 7, 2009
Major Perkins, left, of the Union forces, signals and shouts to his men as they fire off two volleys of musket balls towards the Southern rebels, hiding by the forest service lookout tower, behind trees and on the grass.
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The attack came suddenly on a breezy Rim Country afternoon, shattering the chatter of the crowd with the rattle of rifles, the screams of the dying, the shouted orders of the officers.
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