Dark hours for Lee as retreat begins at Antietam
Sunday night and Monday dawn saw the Army of Northern Virginia retreat from Turners and Fox's Gap as Harpers Ferry surrenders after Jackson surrounds the town. A patrol hears wagon trains moving toward Sharpsburg while Confederate forces reform along Antietam.
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Antietam
Robert E Lee
South Mountain Passes
Waipers Ferry
Lee
Melaws
Maryland Heights
Jackson
Harpers Ferry
Amy
Sharpsburg
Army of
Northern Virginia
Turners and
Fox’s Gap
M F Rohrer
Centerville
Keedysville
John Cost
Antietam Creek
Potomac River
H_ Hill
Boonsboro
Dunkard Church
Georgia
Lower Stone Bridge
Potomac
Stonewall
Col Davis
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Maryland
Loudoun
Bolvat Heights
Shenandoah
P Hull
Antietam Advance Near Boonsboro and Sharpsburg
Dispatches describe Union corps under Hooker Sumner and Mansfield moving from Sumers Gap toward Boonsboro and Sharpsburg with Franklin pressed in Pleasant Valley. Confederate forces under Lee retreat as Ninth Corps trails via Foxs Gap. McClellan dines at Mrs Taylor’s home before resuming pursuit toward Antietam.
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Twelfth Corps
Hooker
Sumner
Mansfield
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Boonsboro
McClellan
Centerville
Pry
Russel
Ninth Corps
Mt Carmel Church
Harpers Ferry
Old Sharpsburg
Dog Street
Bishop's
Philip Pry
George Custer
McClean
Bobbe Lee
Mr Pry
Prys
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