Following the Battle Action with Maps

This page will show you how the opposing forces moved and clashed on September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

The map below summarizes the major assaults during the day. The arrows represent large bodies of troops - units at the Division and Army Corps levels - and their approximate locations and direction of attack. Click on the arrows to see much more detailed maps which show positions down to the regiment and battery levels. Each detail map also provides further links to data for individual units and commanders.

You might like also to refer to the map on our Overview page which labels many of the most significant landmarks on the battlefield, and shows the same area as this map. We're covering a lot of ground here, so the scale gets fairly small, and it can be hard to see details.

See more about ... the maps used here on AotW.

Battle Maps available:

• Detail Map 1    Hookers I Corps Sweeps Down the Pike    (7:00 O'Clock A.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 2    Hood's Division Retakes the Cornfield    (7:20 O'Clock A.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 3    Mansfield's XII Corps Attacks Into the Cornfield    (8:40 O'Clock A.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 4    Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods    (10:30 O'Clock A.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 5    Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods    (9:30 O'Clock A.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 6    French's Division Hits the Sunken Road    (9 O'Clock A.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 7    Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road    (10:30 O'Clock A.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 8a    Sykes' Regulars Begin Advance on Sharpsburg    (1:00 O'Clock P.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 8b    Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg    (5:00 O'Clock P.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 9    Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge    (12:00 O'Clock Noon, 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 10    Rodman's Division Crosses at Snavely's Ford    (1:00 O'Clock P.M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 11    Burnside Climbs Toward Sharpsburg    (3:30 O'Clock P. M., 17 September 1862)
• Detail Map 12    AP Hill Hits Burnside's Flank    (4:20 O'Clock P. M., 17 September 1862)