Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 19

Humphreys' Division, Fifth Army Corps

6 AM 14 September to 7 AM 18 September

U.S.A.
HUMPHREYS' DIVISION, FIFTH ARMY CORPS
Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, Commanding.

(September 14-16, 1862.)

Humphreys' Division left Washington at daylight on September 14, and reached Frederick on the afternoon of September 15. During September 16 and 17 this Division was stationed in front of Frederick to protect that city. At 3:30 P.M. of September 17 it was ordered to march to the battlefield of Antietam and to reach there, if possible, at daylight. It marched at once and reached the field at 7 A.M. on September 18, 1862, relieving Morell's Division at this point.

No. 19.

Location: north side of the Boonsboro Pike, about 300 yards northeast of the Middle Bridge (Map 5)

Units described and/or located by this Tablet:

Source: Antietam Battlefield Board, Antietam Battlefield Board Papers, Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1891-1898, Entry 707, Record Group 92 (Historical Tablet text by Generals E.A. Carman and H. Heth)

Notes

1 Antietam Board, Antietam Battlefield Commission Papers, Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1891-1898, Entry 707, Record Group 92 (Historical Tablet text by Generals E.A. Carman and H. Heth) [AotW citation 16744]

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