Battle of South Mountain



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Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1862/09/00 Confederate General Robert E Lee's battle plans fall into the hands of Union General George McClellan. McClellan prepares to stop the Confederate advance at South Mountain.
1862/09/12 Confederate troops burn down the Horsey distillery during the Battle of South Mountain. The Rebels reportedly lost the position, in part, due to drinking too much whiskey. Outerbridge Horsey House and Distillery Site, Burkittsville, MD
1862/09/14 Union Captain Benjamin W Crowninshield fights at South Mountain.
1862/09/14 Gen Jacob D Cox's Division of the IX Corps (Union) battle (both sides of Reno Monument Rd) Confederate General Samuel Garland's brigade at Fox's Gap, Garland is mortally wounded Turner's and Fox's Gaps Historic District, Boonsboro, MD
1862/09/15 Thomas S Lee administers to the wants of the Confederate Sgt Benjamin Mell of Georgia at Old Needwood Forest. Needwood Forest, Burkittsville, MD

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