On the afternoon of September 14th, 1862, the 4th Brigade of the 1st Division of the 1st Corps, of the Army the Potomac was ordered to advance west up the National Road and attack the Confederate defenders of Turner’s Gap on South Mountain in Maryland. This brigade, consisting of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin and [...]
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In of June 1864 the Union Army of the Potomac had pushed the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia back to the Richmond and Petersburg area after the extremely costly Overland Campaign. As the Federals prepared for siege operations, General Robert E. Lee decided to make a move to threaten the north and force Lt. Gen. [...]
Continue reading about Visiting Monocacy National Battlefield at Frederick, Maryland
The David Miller farm on the Union right flank was the scene of some of the most deadly fighting at the Battle of Antietam on September 17th, 1862. The battle’s first shots were fired on this flank early in the morning when Major General Joseph Hooker’s 1st Corps attacked. Union and Confederate forces attacked and [...]
