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Sunday, Sept. 14, 1862. The Battle of South Mountain, known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap, was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil War. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps.
The Battle of South Mountain was fought on the mountain at Crampton's, Fox's, and Turner's gaps during Robert E.Lee's invasion of Maryland] in the Civil War in 1862. In 1863, military engagements on the mountain range during Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania included the Fight at Monterey Pass near the Mason–Dixon Line.
The Fight at Monterey Pass (or Gap) [3] was an American Civil War military engagement beginning the evening of July 4, 1863, during the Retreat from Gettysburg.A Confederate wagon train of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, withdrew after the Battle of Gettysburg, and Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick attacked the retreating Confederate column.
While plans for a visitor's center at the Old South Mountain Inn are still fluid, the Maryland Park Service hopes to use the historic building to educate visitors about the Battle of South ...
The 11th Pennsylvania Reserves was organized at Camp Wright near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [2] beginning May 9, 1861 and mustered in June 29 through July 5, 1861 under the command of Colonel Thomas F. Gallagher. The regiment was armed with Model 1842 smoothbore muskets and used them for its entire service. [3]
The brigade next went into action at The Battle Of South Mountain, September 14, 1862, where they received their coveted nickname. Then again at the Battle Of Antietam, September 17, 1862, where the brigade was heavily engaged in the cornfield. Of the 800 men of the Iron Brigade engaged at Antietam, 343 were killed or wounded.
He led the brigade into action against the famous Confederate Stonewall Brigade at the Battle of Brawner's Farm, a prelude to the Second Battle of Bull Run. [6] He was in command of the brigade during their strong uphill charge at the Battle of South Mountain, where Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker exclaimed that the men
At the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland, on September 14, 1862, the regiment saw its first major action. Although they took heavy casualties, the 17th performed well for an untried unit and earned the nickname "Stonewall Regiment". [1] Three days later, they participated in the Battle of Antietam as part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, IX ...