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A.P. Hill's March to Antietam
By Craig Swain, July 28, 2007
Close-up View of the Map
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Bakerton Road at Knott Road (Route 31/2), on the right when traveling west on Bakerton Road. |
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About two o’clock in the afternoon of September 17, 1862, Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill’s 3,000-man division began crossing the Potomac River at Boteler’s Ford about two miles northwest of here, en route to the battle raging at Antietam Creek near . . . — — Map (db m1955) HM |
| On River Road (County Route 17/1) at Trough Road (County Route 31/1), on the left when traveling west on River Road. |
| | Early settlers crossed the Potomac here. “Stonewall” Jackson and A.P. Hill used this ford on the way to Battle of Antietam. Here Lee’s army crossed after the battle, with the Corn Exchange Regiment, other Federals in pursuit. — — Map (db m62778) HM |
| Near Canal Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A day after the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General Robert E. Lee retreated to the safety of the West Virginia (then Virginia) bluffs across the river from here. This was the only good crossing on the river for many miles upstream or downstream. . . . — — Map (db m154202) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Outnumbered Southerners watched the Northern Ninth Corps climb the hills toward them: "The first thing we saw was the gilt eagle that surmounted the pole, then the top of the flag, next the flutter of the stars and stripes itself, slowly . . . — — Map (db m6520) HM |
May. 5, 2024
