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In the late afternoon of June 26, 1862, A. P. Hill moved down this slope to attack Union forces holding the east side of Beaver Dam Creek. Pender’s Brigade was on the left and Ripley’s on the right. Exposed to terrible fire from entrenched troops, Pender and Ripley were driven back, though some men reached the stream.
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