The American Civil War - Chronologically

Sept. 18-20, 1862 Battle of Shepherdstown aka the Battle of Boteler's Ford Jefferson County, [West] Virginia on the Potomac River McClellan- Fitz John Porter V Corps (relieving Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton who really got the chase started): including the 4th Michigan, and especially featuring the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (the Corn Regiment), led by Col. Charles Prevost until he is seriously injured here  vs. Lee's retreat from Maryland back into Virginia - "minister-artillerist" Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton as the rearguard, then Jackson dispatches Maj. Gen. A P. Hill's Light Division * Even before this battle, Confederate wounded were pouring into Shepherdstown after South Mountain and Antietam  * After Antietam, McClellan eventually sends troops to pursue the fleeing Confederates. * Poor Pendleton's men are in charge of the rearguard defenses, despite being heavily engaged at Antietam.  * At first the Union peruses across the Potomac river e...

Sept. 18-19, 1862 Army of Northern Virginia Withdraws across Blackford's Ford Sharpsburg. MD https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=1953  "Also known as Boteler’s, Pack Horse and Shepherdstown Ford. “Stonewall” Jackson’s command crossed here en route from Harper’s Ferry to Sharpsburg. Here the entire Army of Northern Virginia withdrew into Virginia, Sept. 18–19, 1862, following the Battle of Antietam ." Sept. view of Shepherdstown  Also the boyhood home of Henry Kyd Douglas is here-ish. His other home is in Hagerstown and I'm tired of hearing about him.  https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=1877 " The boyhood home of Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas, a member of Stonewall Jackson’s staff. Sept. 18, 1862, Federal troops occupied these premises and confined the Douglas family. June 18, 1863, Headquarters of Confederate Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson, en route to Pennsylvania." https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=58252 "The brick home in front of you (Picture included) once stood at the heart ...

Sept. 17, 1862 Antietam Sharpsburg, MD (Washington County) McClellan (Hooker's 1st Corps; Burnside's IX Corps) vs Lee (John Bell Hood's Division; A.P. Hill's Division) * Deadliest Day in American History (Deadliest One-Day Battle in American Military History) * Union finally wins against the Confederates in the East; Arguably inconclusive because the McClellan didn't send in 1/3 of his troops and then didn't pursue; Lincoln claims it as a victory and then issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation * You gotta visit this one, if you visit any battlefield; forget about Gettysburg , AKA the Disneyworld of the Civil War. I have visited here many times, so this blog entry is a mess . Unlike my gloriously massive entry for Third Winchester , in which all the markers are arranged chronologically to represent the full day of battle, here I'm just dumping more monuments each time I visit. Sorry/Not Sorry.   https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=156432 Early morning on t...