Invasion of Maryland and the Battle of Frederick
The article recounts Lee and Jackson invading Maryland in 1862, Jackson crossing the Potomac at Point of Rocks, the march to Frederick, and the occupation of Frederick. It notes Lee's army about 70 000 strong, the Maryland reception, Barbara Frietchie, and the discovery of Lee's Special Order 191 at Frederick confirming Harper's Ferry as a target. It also covers McClellan’s cautious pursuit and the contested significance of Lost Order 191.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Jackson
Maryland
Potomac
Three Mountain Passes
Harper's Ferry
Sharpsburg
Dunker Charch
Washington
Bull Run
Halleck
McClellan
Pope
Virginia
Chantilly
Gen. Pope
Franklin
Sumner
Horace Greeley
Porter
Lincoln
Army of
Army of the Potomac
Napoleon
Banks
Hooker
Mansfield
Couch
Fite
John Ater
Burnside
Alfred Pleasonton
Lee
Point of Rocks
Jackson
Frederick
Whittier
Barbara Frietchie
Lossing
United States
Richmond
Harper’s Ferry
D Ct
D. H. Hill
McClallan
Battle at South Mountain Boonsboro and Harper's Ferry strategy
The article recalls the Sept 14 1862 South Mountain fights near Boonsboro and Turners and Fox gaps, noting Gen D H Hill and Longstreet rear guards, details of McClellan and Lee plans, plus key figures like J D Cox and Hooker. It covers terrain, orders, and the hoped capture of Harper's Ferry to threaten Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drayton
Law
G. T. Anderson
Hood
Longstreet
Cox
Fox's Gap
Turner's Gap
Hooker
Robes
Colquitt
Garnett
Mountain Gap
Crampton’s Gap
Lafayette McLaws
Maryland Heights
Harper's Ferry
Perry
McLaws
Crampton Gap
MacClellan
Crampton's Gap
Potomac River
Williamsport
W. B. Franklin
Crampton
Franklin
Lee
An McLaws
Cobb
Pleasant Valley
South Mountain
Elk Mountain
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Gen. McLaws
West Point
D. H. Hill
McClellan
Mountain House
Gen. Hill
Sharpsburg
Potomac
Surrender At Harper's Ferry Ends Siege In Civil War
The article recounts Harper's Ferry surrender on Sept 15 with Col Miles wounded and dies next day, white and Dixon lauded for conduct, and Jackson's forces moving to Sharpsburg. It covers Antietam campaign, Lee's Maryland invasion, Burnside Bridge, and key Confederate officers killed or wounded, including Richardson and Toombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLane
Walker
Boonsboro
Hagerstown
Booth Mountain
Longstreet
D. H. Hill
Fox
Montreal
Canada
Hoe
Ohio
West
Reno
Ninth Corps
South Mountain
Cox
Atlanta
Franklin, Tenn
United States Secretary of the Interior
Cincinnati University
Hill
Twenty-third
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
West Point
Gen. McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
Chapultepec
Harper’s Ferry
Virginia
Lee
McClellan
Turner’s Gap
Turner's Gap
Fox’s Gap
Sharpsburg
Garland
R. B. Hayes
Hayes
B. Anderson
Joseph Hooker
Willcox
Sturgis
Harlan’s
Fairchild
Gibbon
Hooker
Joe Hooker
First
Burnside
Massachusetts
California
United States Volunteer Service
Antietam
Army of the Potomac
Chattanooga
Long Island
Turner
Pleasonton
Colquitt
Jackson
McLaws
Col
Dixon
Miles
Harper's Ferry
Julius White
Martinsburg
Maryland
Potomac
Gen. Hatlock
Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland Heights
London Heights
White
Col. Miles
Halleck
Gen. White
Washington
Dassault
Burnside Bridge
Roger A. Pryor
Dunker Church
Waterloo
Antietam Creek
Fedal
McLellan
Richardson
Fry
George B. Anderson
Sunken Road
Roger A. Piger
Dinwiddie County
South Carolina
Confederacy
Congress
Fort Lafayette
New York City
New York Harbor
Atlantic
Narrows
Old Fort Lafayette
Robert Toombs
Toombs
Union College
New York
United States Senate
Georgia
Senate
Union
Free States
Shenandoah Valley
Culpepper
Ition
Warrenton
Also Mentioned on This Page
ON the Potomac
M’clellan
Baltimore
James R. Randall
Commonwealth
South
Bradley Johnson
North
David Harvey Hill
Military Institute
Charlotte
N. C
Catoctin
South Mountains
Blue Ridge
South Mountain Range
Bosboro
D. A. Hill
J. F E. B. Stuart
McLawe
Jesse L
Rend
Gen. M'Laws
Henry Kyd Douglas
Ths
Antietam, OR
Shepherdstown Ford
Gen. Mansfield
Lawton
Stuart
French
Gen
D. R. Jones
Burfside
Sedgwick
Sedg
Gen. Richardson
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