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Civil War Trust maps are great.
Amen!!!
Civil War Trust maps are great.
One of Robert Knox Sneden's watercolors if I am not mistaken.Tried to find a good thread to attach this to. I had not seen this before. Its from the LOC
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The Old South Mountain Inn was also George Meade's headquarters on the night of July 8, 1863, during the pursuit of Lee's army after Gettysburg. The 11th Corps artillery deployed in that area to support Buford's dismounted troopers during the Battle of Boonsboro on July 8.
Did you happen to stop and see the Dahlgren Chapel across the road? It was built by Admiral John A. Dahlgren's second wife, Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, who was a devout Catholic. After the Admiral's death in 1870, she took up residence on South Mountain, and the handsome little chapel she built still stands to this day. It's often used for weddings and the like. The specific piece of ground where it sits was heavily fought over in the September 1862 battle.
There is a magnificent view from the Monument, and it is quite impressive.While on my trip there last month I missed the Washington Monument, thinking it probably had little to do with the battles there, though I knew it had been used as a Federal signal station. Seeing your photos of and from it, I'm sorry I didn't go see it after all!
I took a lot of photos there. It was not open but you can peak in the windows. It has some lovely stained glass.The Old South Mountain Inn was also George Meade's headquarters on the night of July 8, 1863, during the pursuit of Lee's army after Gettysburg. The 11th Corps artillery deployed in that area to support Buford's dismounted troopers during the Battle of Boonsboro on July 8.
Did you happen to stop and see the Dahlgren Chapel across the road? It was built by Admiral John A. Dahlgren's second wife, Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, who was a devout Catholic. After the Admiral's death in 1870, she took up residence on South Mountain, and the handsome little chapel she built still stands to this day. It's often used for weddings and the like. The specific piece of ground where it sits was heavily fought over in the September 1862 battle.
I've seen several accounts that indicate the story is true. A couple bios of Garland follow. Garland was wounded while bending over Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ruffin, Jr., the commander of the 13th North Carolina, who had been seriously wounded moments before. The fatal shot entered the center of his back and exited above his right breast, there was little that could have been done to save him.The story may be apocryphal, but it is said that Confederate Gen. Sam Garland bled to death on the porch of the South Mountain Inn. He was wounded at the fighting over at Fox's Gap and moved over the Summit Road (now the Appalachian Trail) to the Inn.
The third pass, Crampton's Gap was the problem. Franklin's command overwhelmed the heavily outnumbered men of Cobb's Brigade and threatened the rear of McLaw's command on Maryland Heights. Lee withdrew to Sharpsburg to allow his army to reunite more easily.On this day in 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s exhausted troops hold off the pursuing Federals by closing two passes through Maryland’s South Mountain, allowing Lee time to gather his forces further west along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg.
Another of Robert Knox Sneden's maps. His style is quite distinctive. Also from LOC:Tried to find a good thread to attach this to. I had not seen this before. Its from the LOC
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