. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . foil NORTH OF THE DUNKER CHURCH — A UNION CHANGE THROUGH ThE CORN-FIELD. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. BY JACOB T>. COX, MAJOR-GENERAL, U. S. V. IT was not till some time past noon of the 15th of September that, the waybeing clear for the Ninth Corps at South Mountain, we marched throughFoxs gap to the Boonsboro and Sharpsburg turnpike, and along this road tillwe came up in rear of Sumners command. Hookers corps, which was partof the right wiug (Burusides), had been in the advance, a
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . foil NORTH OF THE DUNKER CHURCH — A UNION CHANGE THROUGH ThE CORN-FIELD. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. BY JACOB T>. COX, MAJOR-GENERAL, U. S. V. IT was not till some time past noon of the 15th of September that, the waybeing clear for the Ninth Corps at South Mountain, we marched throughFoxs gap to the Boonsboro and Sharpsburg turnpike, and along this road tillwe came up in rear of Sumners command. Hookers corps, which was partof the right wiug (Burusides), had been in the advance, and had moved offfrom the turnpike to the right near Keedysville. I was with the KanawhaDivision, assuming that my temporary command of the corps ended withthe battle on the mountain. When we approached the line of hills border-ing the Antietam, we received orders to turn off the road to the left, andhalted our battalions closed in mass. It was now about 3 oclock in the after-noon. McClellan, as it seemed, had just reached the field, and was surroundedby a group of his principal officers, most of whom I had
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