Sixth Corps in the Antietam Campaign. Use the “First >>” button above to see these markers in sequence.| Maryland (Frederick County), Burkittsville — C.P. 4 — Sixth Army Corps | | | U. S. A. Sixth Army Corps. Major Gen. W. B. Franklin, Commanding (September 14, 1862) The Sixth Corps consisted of two Divisions commanded by Major Generals H. W. Slocum and W. F. Smith. On the march of the Army of the Potomac through Maryland, this Corps with Couch’s Division, Fourth Corps, temporarily attached, formed the left of the advancing line. It moved through Tennallytown, Darnestown, Poolesville and Barnesville, reaching Buckeystown, west of the Monocacy, 12 miles southwest of . . . — Map (db m2024) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 102 — Sixth Army Corps | | | U.S.A. Sixth Army Corps Major General W.B. Franklin, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) The Sixth Corps marched from its bivouac near Rohersville, in Pleasant Valley, at 5:30 a.m. of the 17th and reached the field shortly before noon. Smith's Division led the advance. Hancock's Brigade took position on the right on the open ground east of D.R. Miller's and in the cornfield south of it. Irwin's Brigade formed line on and south of this point and, after an unsuccessful charge upon the . . . — Map (db m5776) |
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