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On the morning of May 3, Col. Emlen Franklin's Union brigade shifted from south of the Orange Turnpike to this vicinity, where it met Pender and Thomas head on. Lt. Col. Jonathan H. Lockwood of the 7th Virginia (Union) recalled that when his brigade arrived and attacked the Confederate left flank, they opened with a volley of musketry and immediately charged, putting the Confederates to flight. The Confederates fell back to the earthworks west of the modern visitor center where they had begun the attack.
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