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Virtual tour of the Harpers Ferry Road by markers.
By Craig Swain, March 29, 2008
Marker along the Towpath
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | 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 |
| | C.S.A. Artillery Battalion, A.P. Hill's Division, Major R.L. Walker, Commanding, (September 17, 1862.) Four batteries of this battalion were engaged. McIntosh's (South Carolina) Battery came on the field about 2:30 p.m. and went into position . . . — — Map (db m6761) HM |
| | C.S.A. Munford's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Thomas T. Munford, Commanding. Organization 2nd Virginia Cavalry, 7th Virginia Cavalry, 12th Virginia Cavalry. (September 16-18, 1862.) The 2nd and 12th Virginia Cavalry reached . . . — — Map (db m6765) HM |
| | C.S.A. Hill's Light Division, Jackson's Command, Maj. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, Commanding. September 17, 1862. A.P. Hill's Division left Harper's Ferry at 7:30 a.m., crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford and reached this point at 2:30 p.m. . . . — — Map (db m6764) HM |
| | C.S.A. Branch's Brigade, Hill's Light Division, Brig. Gen. L. O'B. Branch. Organization. 7th North Carolina Infantry, 18th North Carolina Infantry, 28th North Carolina Infantry, 33d North Carolina Infantry, 37th North Carolina Infantry. . . . — — Map (db m6763) HM |
| | C.S.A. Field's Brigade, Hill's Light Division, Col. John M. Brockenbrough, 40th Virginia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 40th Virginia Infantry, 47th Virginia Infantry, 55th Virginia Infantry, 22d Virginia Infantry. September 17, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m6762) HM |
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| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Archer's Brigade, Hill's Light Division. Brig. Gen. J.J. Archer. Organization. 19th Georgia Infantry, 7th Tennessee Infantry, 14th Tennessee Infantry, 1st Tennessee Infantry, (Provisional Army) September 17, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m6769) HM |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Toombs' Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division Brigadier General Robert Toombs, Commanding. Organization. 2d, 15th, 17th, and 20th Georgia Infantry. (September 15-17, 1862.) Toombs' Brigade took position on the evening of . . . — — Map (db m6766) HM |
| | C.S.A. From noon, September 15, 1862, until driven from position late in the afternoon of the 17th, the right of the infantry line of the Army of Northern Virginia, held by Kemper's Virginia Brigade, was 265 yards due east of this point. Toombs' . . . — — Map (db m6771) HM |
| | (West Face): "Toujours Pret"
Erected by the State of New York to the memory of the Ninth New York Infantry - Hawkins Zouaves - who fought on this Field, Sept. 17, 1862.
(North Face): Members present for duty in action 373, . . . — — Map (db m6778) HM |
| | Brigadier General Isaac P. Rodman U.S.A. Mortally Wounded about 365 yards south. — — Map (db m6781) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m6779) HM |
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