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The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2 – 20, 1862 (Savas Beatie Military Atlas) by Bradley M. Gottfried Product Details Hardcover: 360 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (June 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210860 ISBN-13: 978-1611210866 Savas Beaties “The Maps of” series makes available high […]

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Reading the War September 1862  Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle Of Chantilly by David A. Welker is one a very few books on this small battle. We are lucky that it is a very good book about a very nasty little battle that saved much of Pope’s army.   Often lost in the rush […]

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If you’re looking for some good Antietam reading as the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam nears, you’re in luck.  Not one but two promising new books on Antietam have recently become available. First, we have Tom Clemens’ long-awaited The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Vol. II: Antietam, which is a fully and exhaustively […]

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Editor’s Note: 2nd Delaware researcher and reenactor Sean Protas has generously agreed to do a series of guest posts focusing on the colorfully nicknamed ‘Crazy Delawares’.  Look for Sean’s posts to appear periodically here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.  For more information on the modern day 2nd Delaware Volunteer Infantry reenactment group, check […]

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Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Battle of Antietam 17 September 1862 Commanding General: General Robert E.Lee Longstreet’s Corps: Major General James Longstreet McLaw’s Division: Major General L. McLaw Kershaw’s Brigade: Brigadier General J.B.Kershaw 2nd South Carolina Regiment 3rd South Carolina Regiment 7th South […]

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Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Union Army Battle of Antietam 17 September 1862 Army of the Potomac Commanding General: Major General George B. McClellan General Headquarters Escort: Captain J.B.McIntyre Independent Company, Oneida (New York) Cavalry A-E/4th U.S.Cavalry Regiment Engineer Battalion A-D-F-G/8th U.S. Infantry Regiment G-H/19th U.S. Infantry Regiment […]

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Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Confederate Forces  McLaws’ & Ewell’s Division  Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland 17 September 1862 McLaw’s Division Barksdale’s Brigade: 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (24/178) 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (22/248) 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (24/162) 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment (18/182) 1st Richmond Howitzer Battery (2 10pdr […]

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