fox's gap

[18thmississippi]

During the battle of fox's gap on south mountain, General D. H. Hill was in command of the Confederates with elements of Longstreet's Corps arriving in the afternoon. The fighting there saw one of the few instances of actual hand-to-hand combat of the war. The 13th NC was totally surrounded after the mortal wounding of Brig. Gen. Samuel Garland just a few yards from here. Two days after the battle, 58 Confederate dead were dumped down the well of Daniel Wise located NW. In 1874, they were re-interred in Hagerstown, MD.

 

[18thmississippi]

for got to add that when they were driven back from the front, the enemy falling back through Wise's garden, were met by our line coming up from the rear in the flank, and a terrific fight ensued. The color bearer of a Confederate regiment jumped up on the rear wall of the garden, and defiantly waving his flag, refused the many calls to surrender which he received, was shot and fell inside the garden wall. Private Hoagland of my company jumped over the fence and secured the flag. Lt. Col. Coleman of the 11th, who was present, and who had called upon the man to surrender, ordered Hoagland to deliver the flag to him, and afterwards claimed credit of its capture

 

[Rob9641]

for got to add that when they were driven back from the front, the enemy falling back through Wise's garden, were met by our line coming up from the rear in the flank, and a terrific fight ensued. The color bearer of a Confederate regiment jumped up on the rear wall of the garden, and defiantly waving his flag, refused the many calls to surrender which he received, was shot and fell inside the garden wall. Private Hoagland of my company jumped over the fence and secured the flag. Lt. Col. Coleman of the 11th, who was present, and who had called upon the man to surrender, ordered Hoagland to deliver the flag to him, and afterwards claimed credit of its capture

Who are you quoting here? Sounds like a Union soldier who was there - do you have a citation?

 

[Rob9641]

During the battle of fox's gap on south mountain, General D. H. Hill was in command of the Confederates with elements of Longstreet's Corps arriving in the afternoon. The fighting there saw one of the few instances of actual hand-to-hand combat of the war. The 13th NC was totally surrounded after the mortal wounding of Brig. Gen. Samuel Garland just a few yards from here. Two days after the battle, 58 Confederate dead were dumped down the well of Daniel Wise located NW. In 1874, they were re-interred in Hagerstown, MD.

I often pass by the cemetery in Hagerstown where the Confederate dead, unidentified, are interred together in a mass grave marked with a large arch. I tell them how sorry I am it all came to this and they got cheated out of a life.