. The story of the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, 1861-1864 [electronic resource] . ven here such was the condition of the men that many ofthem found a little sleep. September 15, the regimentmarched through Boonsborough and Keedysville, and thenbivouacked. September 16, a third division was added to the SecondCorps. An independent brigade under General Nathan Kim-ball had formed part of the corps since July 2. The regi-ments of this brigade and other regiments, new and old, wereorganized to make a full division, which was placed undercommand of General W
. The story of the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, 1861-1864 [electronic resource] . ven here such was the condition of the men that many ofthem found a little sleep. September 15, the regimentmarched through Boonsborough and Keedysville, and thenbivouacked. September 16, a third division was added to the SecondCorps. An independent brigade under General Nathan Kim-ball had formed part of the corps since July 2. The regi-ments of this brigade and other regiments, new and old, wereorganized to make a full division, which was placed undercommand of General William H. French. Lee had now gathered the greater part of his scatteredforces near Sharpsburg, between Antietam Creek and thePotomac, with both flanks on the curving river and with thecreek in front, and was awaiting in this position of his ownchoosing, the attack of the Union army. September 16, Hookers First Corps had crossed Antie-tam Creek by the upper ford and the bridge on the Keedys-ville road, and had skirmished with the enemy under Twelfth Corps had followed across the creekduring the ig2 THE ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN. The morning of the 17th opened cloudy and cool. ThankGod, said many; we have not got to fight beneath a blis-tering sun. Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball says: It has beenthe subject of much remark that troops never went into bat-tle more cheerfully than did ours that morning, so confidentwere all that the shattered enemy would be driven ere nightacross the river. At daybreak Hooker advanced againstthe enemys left flank. This extended across the Hagers-town turnpike and then parallel to it, as is shown upon theaccompanying map. General Hood had been relieved duringthe evening by Lawtons and Trimbles brigades of Ewellsdivision of Jacksons corps, and J. R. Jones with the divisionknown as Jacksons own from the same corps. Stuarts cav-alry was still farther to the left. Artillery had been placedat various advantageous points by the Confederates. I
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