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Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods

9:30 O'Clock A.M., 17 September 1862

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The Situation: Federal Second Corps commander General Sumner led Gen Sedgwick's 1st Division across the Antietam and directly West across the battlefield starting at about 9 am on September 17th. He was hit by strong Confederate attacks on his front, left flank, and rear in and near the West Woods ...

Source: The original battlefield position studies by the Antietam Battlefield Board (1904) are described in the Atlas of the Battlefield of Antietam, and are available online from the Library of Congress.

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