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U.S. Marines invaded Washington County for a public training event that brought modern — for 1924 — battle tactics to Antietam battlefield. 100 years ago, Sharpsburg was invaded again — by ...
The Battle of Antietam (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm / an-TEE-təm), also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.
The 8th Massachusetts Battery (or 8th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery) was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The units personnel enlisted for six months in 1862, but during its brief service it participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, and Antietam.
In 1995, Decision Games obtained the rights to Blue & Gray and published a new edition that removed the Battle of Antietam and added the First and Second Battles of Bull Run. [ 5 ] In 2008, Kokusai-Tsushin Co. (国際通信社) acquired the rights to Blue & Gray and published a Japanese edition in the November-December 2008 issue of the ...
For two historians who have started a podcast dedicated to the Battle of Antietam, the battle is a bottomless well of historical treasures. More than 150 years after the battle, these podcasters ...
Battle of Antietam Charles Edwin King (April 3, 1849 – September 20, 1862), was a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War . Being mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam , he is the youngest confirmed soldier from either side to die during the war.
During the Battle of Antietam, Hood's division came to the relief of Stonewall Jackson's corps on the Confederate left flank, fighting in the infamous cornfield and turning back an assault by the U.S. I Corps in the West Woods. Afterward, they became engaged with the U.S. XII Corps. In the evening after the battle, Gen. Lee asked Hood where his ...
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Antietam of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the Maryland Campaign, [2] the casualty returns [3] and the reports. [4]