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Pogues Battery (Rockbridge Artillery) at Antietam Captain William Thomas Poague led the battery during the Antietam Campaign Born in Rockbridge County on December 20, 1835 A graduate of Washington College, Pogue was a lawyer in Missouri when the war began He came home and joined the Rockbridge Artillery as a 2nd Lieutenant By April 1862, he had been promoted to lead the battery
On The Eve of Antietam - 162-Years-Ago by Kevin Pawlak As Kevin Pawlak pointed out, Antietam remains the bloodiest single day in American military history 3,675 Americans (2,108 Union, 1,567 Confederate) died on that day This is more than died at Pearl Harbor (2,403) or D-Day (2,501)
Brief diary account of Antietam | Antietam Sharpsburg Some time ago I transcribed the diary of Pierre Clausse [aka Peter Close], Private, Co I, Bucktail Regiment, 13th Regt PA Reserves, for 1862 The entries are brief, sometimes cryptic, sometimes illegible, and all in French He writes about Antietam, and the events immediately before it, obviously from his perspective as a common soldier
Cornfield at Antietam | Civil War Games Miniatures It all started with one Confederate flag bearer that I got at the Gettysburg Miniature Soldier shop He sat on a Civil War bookshelf for a couple years, but I always felt like he deserved a "scene " In my mind, I always kept coming back to The Cornfield at Antietam, and in my imagination, the idea grew to include the Iron Brigade, as well
The Organisation and Strength of the Cavalry at Antietam The 1st Cavalry accompanied the 6th Corps to Antietam on the 17th (Freiheit, 454 fn), but the 6th US Cavalry remained on the Maryland Heights and didn't come to Antietam until the 20th On the morning of the 18th McClellan issued an order placing the 1st and 6th US Cavalry, plus attached section of horse artillery, under Pleasonton
McClellan at Antietam | Antietam Sharpsburg - American Civil War Forums I am a little confused by the statement that the 2nd, 9th and 12th Corps were out of position The 12th Corps had crossed the Antietam the previous evening and was in position on the J Poffenberger farm about 1 to 1-1 2 miles behind Hooker by 2:00 a m Hooker knew they were there and could have repositioned them had he thought that necessary
Battlefield Archaeology | Antietam Sharpsburg An interesting article on the purpose of archeology on battlefields, this particular source focuses on Antietam Below I’ve quoted one of the many benefits it notes of doing a formal study of the placement of found artifacts My emphasis in bold In the heat of battle soldiers often did not
The faces of Antietam | Antietam Sharpsburg - American Civil War Forums One more at Antietam who once did have a photo taken of himself in his uniform but the photo drifted off into the large family he had after the war George Washington Fulton , Willistown, Chester County Pennsylvania was a farm boy who also served in the 51st Pennsylvania and was in the charge that finally took Burnside's Bridge
Grove Farm | Antietam Sharpsburg On the way there, Lincoln made a request of a friend traveling with him to "sing one of your sad songs " The friend sang "Twenty Years Ago," which is the song the old film at the Antietam Visitor's Center used as its theme After leaving, Lincoln asked for a more lively song, having been broken hearted at seeing all the wounded
Bee Battle at the Roulette Farm | Antietam Sharpsburg Because the regiment was a rookie unit, Antietam would soon become its baptism of fire As the 132nd was advancing on the Roulette farm, a shot from a Confederate battery slammed into the Roulette farm yard, hitting some bee houses and releasing the angry critters