History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864 [electronic resource]: with maps and illustrations . n took a part of his brigade and crossedthe river, scaled the high bluffs, and captured a fewpieces of artillery, Lawtons played-out men makingbut little fight. Griffin returned to the Marylandside. Next morning Sykes and Morells Divisionscrossed. The Confederates were four miles on the way toMartinsburg when Sykes and Morell crossed. Atonce A. P Hill and Early with nine small brigadeswere sent back. In the fight that resulted BarnesBrigade of Morell was engaged on the Uni
History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864 [electronic resource]: with maps and illustrations . n took a part of his brigade and crossedthe river, scaled the high bluffs, and captured a fewpieces of artillery, Lawtons played-out men makingbut little fight. Griffin returned to the Marylandside. Next morning Sykes and Morells Divisionscrossed. The Confederates were four miles on the way toMartinsburg when Sykes and Morell crossed. Atonce A. P Hill and Early with nine small brigadeswere sent back. In the fight that resulted BarnesBrigade of Morell was engaged on the Union sideand defeated by Hills and Earlys brigades. For four days after the great and bloody passageat arms at Antietam the First Minnesota remained incamp on the battlefield. It Avas engaged in buryingthe dead, in picket duty, and in reconnaissances un-til September 22. On the 21st Rev Henry B. Whip-ple, afterwards the well known bishop of the Episco-pal church, visited the regiment and made an inter-esting address to the men. The Twelfth Corps, now commanded by GeneralAYilliams, marched down and occupied Maryland 224. <; i-:. x. .\[ni;ii.\\, In Fourth Colonel ot the I:. ^i niont. FROM ANTIETAM TO LOUDOUN VALLEY Heights, near Harpers Ferry on the 20th. McClel-lan was ostensibly preparing to follow Lee and Jack-son. At daylight on the 22d the First Minnesotabroke camp at Antietam and marched to HarpersFerry, ten miles away to the south. The Regimentencamped on Bolivar Heights, vrith the rest of Gor-mans Brigade. General Sumner, with the SecondCorps, was in general command at Harpers FerryIt was determined that the Union occupation of thisimportant point should be permanent, and to preventany more captures of the place the three command-ing points, Maryland, Bolivar and Loudoun strongly fortified. COLONEL SULLY BECOMES A BRIGADIER—LIEUTEN-ANT COLONEL MORGAN BECOMES COLONEL. To date from September 26, Colonel Sully waspromoted to brigadier general of volun
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