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Antietam Battle: McClellan Presses Lee Across Maryland
The narrative recounts McClellan pressing Lee toward the Potomac after moving along the Potomac river line to Antietam. It describes the left flank fighting at dawn, Jackson reinforcing the Confederate left, Hooker’s dawn attack, and the brutal fighting in cornfields and at Bloody Lane as both sides strive for advantage near Sharpsburg.
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G. L. Kilmer
Gettysburg
McClellan
Lee
Maryland
Potomac
Virginia
Blaine
South Mountain
Antietam Creek
Stonewall Jackson
Harpers Ferry
Longstreet
Washington
MacClellan
Antietam
Hooker
Napoleon
Sharpsburg
Burnside
Ninth Corps
Jackson
General Richardson
D. H. Hill
Sumner
A. P. Nill
Double Quick
Fitz John Porter
Botelier
Griffin
Lincoln
George &, Kilmer