(12-5-2006) Battle of Coffeeville, Union view 1
 
From near the Brow of the Rise, the blinding sun conceals the waiting Rebels in the woods ahead. Now, can you see how they were pushed “blindly” into an ambush? If you were a Federal soldier, could you have seen the CS cannons in the woods ahead

(12-5-2006) Battle of Coffeeville, Union view 2
 
Coming down the hill. Blinding from this elevation, also

(12-5-2006) Battle of Coffeeville, Union blinded view 1
 
This is the view the dis-mounted US troops would have had coming up on Ambush Hill. Blinding sun. Could you have seen a Rebel in the woods

(12-5-2006) Battle of Coffeeville, Union ground level 1
 
This is ground level, where they walked across the open field. The tall pine near the center marks the location of the old road leading to the woods. The US troops were still even more blinded, I am convinced