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Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 50

Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division

8 AM 17 September to 10 AM 17 September

U.S.A.
TWELFTH ARMY CORPS
TYNDALE'S BRIGADE, GREENE'S DIVISION
Lt. Col. Hector Tyndale, 28th Penn. Infantry, Commanding. Organization.
5th Ohio Infantry
7th Ohio Infantry
66th Ohio Infantry
28th Pennsylvania Infantry

(September 17, 1862.)
   Tyndale's Brigade, on the right of the Division, reached this point about 8 A. M., relieved a portion of Crawford's Brigade, and engaged the Confederate Infantry in the East Woods.

After a short and sharp contest, the enemy gave way and the Brigade, obliquing to the left, crossed the Smoketown Road, entered the fields to the right of Mumma's burning buildings, and took position behind the ridge opposite the Dunkard Church.

Location: west side of the Smoketown Road in the East Woods (Map 1)

 

Units described and/or located by this Tablet:

    1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps
        5th Ohio Infantry
        66th Ohio Infantry
        7th Ohio Infantry
        28th Pennsylvania Infantry

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 16713]

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