. History of the One hundred and twenty-fifth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, 1862-1863 . he flanks and front of hisarmy, had arranged it for battle in an angle formed by the riverand creek, the line being about three and one-half miles arrangement thus made covered the Shepherdstown ford intoVirginia, and the town of Sharpsburg, where he established hisheadquarters. A better and stronger defensive position naturallythan the one selected by Lee could not be found anywhere .for anarmy, and in this strong position he made up his mind to fightthe battle of Antietam that events had for
. History of the One hundred and twenty-fifth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, 1862-1863 . he flanks and front of hisarmy, had arranged it for battle in an angle formed by the riverand creek, the line being about three and one-half miles arrangement thus made covered the Shepherdstown ford intoVirginia, and the town of Sharpsburg, where he established hisheadquarters. A better and stronger defensive position naturallythan the one selected by Lee could not be found anywhere .for anarmy, and in this strong position he made up his mind to fightthe battle of Antietam that events had forced upon him, andwhich it is said he could not avoid without losing the prestigehis previous engagements had won for him. McClellan found out, through the reconnoissances he made,that the centre of the Confederate army was along private roadsand through a succession of fields extending towards the /tie-tam creek; that its left was at the cross roads on the Hagers-town turnpike beyond the house of David R. Miller, with a pro-tection of cavalrv reaching to the Potomac at one of its sharp. MaiorGenkkai. {.kor(;e B. 59 bends, and that its right rested on the Snavely farm, south ofSharpsburg. A road leads from Sharpsburg to the Shepherdstown ford,and, being in the rear of the Confederate army, was easily keptopen and afforded a line of retreat for the army, when retreat wasfound necessary. The Antietam, near where the army was located, is crossedby four stone bridges, the first or upper one, on the road leadingfrom Keedysville to Williamsport, the second one two and one-half miles below, on the Keedysville and Sharpsburg turnpike,the third one mile below the second, on the road leading to Rohr-ersville, and now known as the Burnside bridge, and the fourthnear the mouth of the Antietam creek, three miles below the third,on the Harpers Perry road; and McClellan found also, on hisreconnoissances, that bridge number two was near his line, andhad to be protected by him, and t
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