The day before Union initiative was halted at Turner's Gap due to the stout defense of D.H. Hill.
Stuart on the far left saw little action, during this battle, but McLaws and Walker to his right saw much heavier fighting just north of Dunker Church. The day before Union initiative was halted at Turner's Gap due to the stout defense of D.H. Hill. In the late morning John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade made inroads up the left flank, pushing back Joseph Hooker, and the Union center could not penetrate its opposite creating the venue known as Bloody Lane. However, the biggest joke proved to Ambrose Burnside, who was thwarted by a simple bridge. FTP, name this battle fought in September 1862 outside of Sharpsburg, the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.
Stuart on the far left saw little action, during this battle, but McLaws and Walker to his right saw much heavier fighting just north of Dunker Church.
Battle of {Antietam} (acc. early buzz of “Sharpsburg”)