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Shepherdstown

Battle of Boteler's Ford

Town of Shepherdstown, WV  |  Sep 19 - 20, 1862

On September 19, 1862, two days after the bloodletting at Antietam, elements of Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corps pushed across the Potomac River at Boteler's Ford and attacked the Confederate rearguard commanded by Brig. Gen. William Pendleton. Early the next day, Porter pushed elements of two divisions across the river to establish a bridgehead. Gen. A. P. Hill's division counterattacked while many of the Federals were crossing the river, inflicting heavy casualties. Porter pulled back to the Union side of the river. This rearguard battle discouraged Federal pursuit of Robert E. Lee’s defeated army back to Virginia and ended Lee’s Maryland Campaign. On November 7, President Lincoln relieved McClellan of command for not aggressively pursuing Lee's retreating army

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Harpers Ferry
Jefferson County, WV  |  Sep 12 - 15, 1862
Result: Confederate Victory
Est. Casualties: 12,922
Union: 12,636
Confederate: 286
South Mountain
Frederick County and Washington County, MD  |  Sep 14, 1862
Result: Union Victory
Est. Casualties: 5,010
Union: 2,325
Confederate: 2,685
La batalla de Antietam
Washington County, MD  |  Sep 16 - 18, 1862
Result: Union Victory
Est. Casualties: 22,717
Union: 12,401
Confederate: 10,316
Antietam
Washington County, MD  |  Sep 17, 1862
Result: Union Victory
Est. Casualties: 22,717
Union: 12,401
Confederate: 10,316
Shepherdstown
Town of Shepherdstown, WV  |  Sep 19 - 20, 1862
Result: Confederate Victory
Est. Casualties: 622
Union: 361
Confederate: 261

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Town of Shepherdstown, WV | September 19, 1862
Result: Confederate Victory
Commanders
Forces Engaged
4,700
Union
1,700
Confed.
3,000
Estimated Casualties
622
Union
361
Confed.
261

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