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Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner, Union Second Corps Commander
(1) As the battle shifted away from the Cornfield, Gen. John Sedwick's division of Federal troops, personally led by corps commander Gen. Edwin Sumner, advanced from the East Woods. Sumner's …
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Sgt. William Andrews, 1st Georgia Regiment
As the battle escalated, Union Gen. Edwin Sumner moved the Second Corps across Antietam Creek and into the battle. The swift waters of the Antietam and the difficult terrain separated the three divisio…
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During the fighting in the West Woods, the Philadelphia Brigade, commanded by Gen. O.O. Howard, lost more than 550 men in about twenty minutes of combat. Thirty years later the Philadelphia Brigade Association purchased eleven acres for their monu…
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The Delaware & Hudson Canal, one of the nation's first large-scale private enterprises, transported millions of tons of anthracite (hard coal) from northeastern Pennsylvania to markets in New York. Gravity railroads took the coal over Moosic Mount…
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"May it stand as it did in war - as a beacon to guide men searching their way through the darkness. May it stand throughout all ages as a symbol of mercy, peace, and understanding."Maryland Governor Millard TawesChurch Rededication Service, Septem…
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Two days before the battle, President Abraham Lincoln sent Gen. George B. McClellan a telegram, "God bless you and all with you! Destroy the rebel army, if possible." It was here, on these rolling farm fields, where McClellan and the Army of the P…
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2nd Brigade 1st Division9th CorpsThe regiment advanced 264 yardsnorthwest of this pointreturning to this position later in the day—————Casualties at AntietamKilled 1Wounded 36Missing 1Total 38Recruited in centre Lanca…
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C.S.A.Jackson's CommandWinder's Brigade, Jackson's DivisionCol. A.J. Grigsby, 27th Virginia Infantry, Commanding.Organization.2d Virginia Infantry4th Virginia Infantry5th Virginia Infantry27th Virginia Infantry33d Virginia InfantrySeptember 16-17,…
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The Historic Grove House
The meeting place of Robert E. Lee and his generals on the night of September 17, 1862.
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In March of 1768, Colonel Joseph Chapline executed a deed to the Mount Cavalry Lutheran Church Vestrymen for a church and burial ground at this site. The cost was to be one peppercorn yearly. This graveyard is the oldest in the town of Sharpsburg.…