Another casualty was a man shot during a skirmish between the 51st Pennsylvania and Hood's Division; that man was Jesse Reno, the commander of the Ninth Corps under Ambrose Burnside.
This was the first battle fought by the 17th Michigan regiment, which led a charge near the Wise cabin that surrounded and captured more than two hundred men from Thomas Drayton's Georgia and South Carolina brigade. One general killed during this battle was Samuel Garland, whose North Carolina troops began it with a struggle against the attacking Union Kanawha Division. Another casualty was a man shot during a skirmish between the 51st Pennsylvania and Hood's Division; that man was Jesse Reno, the commander of the Ninth Corps under Ambrose Burnside. John Gibbon's Wisconsin and Indiana troops received the nickname the "Iron Brigade" for their actions late in this battle, when they drove D.H. Hill's Confederates away from Turner's Gap along the National Road. For 10 points, name this battle fought for control of a ridgeline in western Maryland three days before the Battle of Antietam.
This was the first battle fought by the 17th Michigan regiment, which led a charge near the Wise cabin that surrounded and captured more than two hundred men from Thomas Drayton's Georgia and South Carolina brigade.
Battle of {South Mountain}