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The Battle Begins
At this location, Confederate Captain William Tanner deployed one Napoleon cannon to guard the eastern summit of South Mountain.At 9:00 p.m. the 5th Michigan Cavalry, leading the advance of Union General Judson Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division, was fired upon by the Confederate cannon. Captain Tanner was supported by twenty-five cavalrymen of Captain George Emack's Company B, 1st Maryland Cavalry.
After five rounds of canister were fired, Emack's cavalrymen charged the 5th Michigan Cavalry and pushed them back past where the Clermont House once stood. After this brief engagement, Captain Emack ordered his company to fall back to the Monterey Inn.
Reorganizing Kilpatrick ordered a squadron of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry to dismount and advance on Tanner's artillery position. As the artillerist were repositioned the cannon, the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry came out from the woods and captured the empty limber.
Seeing that he might be out flanked, Captain Emack withdrew his force from the Monterey Inn (Monterey Lane & Charmain Road intersection) and redeployed them along the banks of the Red Run, near the road where the Confederate wagon train was moving on.
"After passing the Clermont, the rebels fired three or four shots with grape and canister, and then pulled up their battery, and retreated. I don't think they killed any of Kilpatrick's men with the battery, as they fired too soon, and the grape and canister went over our men's heads; but it made some of our men retreat, and caused a great deal of confusion." CHARLES BUHRMAN
Details
| HM Number | HMKPY |
|---|---|
| Series | This marker is part of the Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Civil War Trails series |
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | Civil War, 19th Century |
| Historical Place | Battlefield |
| Marker Type | Other |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Mounted |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 at 1:06pm PDT -07:00 |
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Photo Credits: [1] DOUGLAS MOWEN
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 288439 N 4401684 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 39.73881667, -77.46893333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 44.329', W 77° 28.136' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 44' 19.7400" N, 77° 28' 8.1600" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 717 |
| Can be seen from road? | No |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 14775 Charmian Rd, Blue Ridge Summit PA 17214, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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