Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 70, cont
Ninth Army Corps
3 PM 17 September to 5 PM 17 September
About 3 P.M., Willcox's and Rodman's Divisions, with their supporting Brigades, advanced on Sharpsburg; Willcox following the road to the town, Rodman moving over the hill on his left.
The right of Willcox's was checked on the high ground east of the Sharpsburg Road; the left, passing a few yards east of this point, gained the stone mill and the house beyond and penetrated the orchard, Crook's Brigade moving up to this fence in support.
Rodman's advance passed this road about 500 yards southwest of this point and, swinging to the right to close up on Willcox, advanced about 360 yards north and west of this point, driving the Confederates from their position.
Rodman's left having been repulsed by the advance of A.P. Hill's Division, the whole line, after a contest in which all the Brigades of the Corps were engaged, was drawn back to the cover of the high ground bordering the Antietam.
Location: east side of Branch Avenue near the Burnside Bridge Road (Map 4)
Notes: This narrative continues from the previous tablet (No. 70) placed directly adjacent.
Units described and/or located by this Tablet:
Ninth (IX) Army Corps
1st Maine Cavalry, Company G
2nd New York Artillery, Battery L
Ohio Cavalry, Third Independant Company
3rd United States Artillery, Batteries L and M
1st Division, IX Corps
1st Brigade, 1st Division, IX Corps
28th Massachusetts Infantry
17th Michigan Infantry
79th New York Infantry
50th Pennsylvania Infantry
1st Division, IX Corps Artillery
Massachusetts Light Artillery, 8th Battery
2nd United States Artillery, Battery E
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IX Corps
8th Michigan Infantry
46th New York Infantry
100th Pennsylvania Infantry
45th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Division, IX Corps
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps
2nd Maryland Infantry
6th New Hampshire Infantry
9th New Hampshire Infantry
48th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps
21st Massachusetts Infantry
35th Massachusetts Infantry
51st New York Infantry
51st Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Division, IX Corps Artillery
Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Independent Battery D
4th United States Artillery, Battery E
3rd Division, IX Corps
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps
103rd New York Infantry
89th New York Infantry
9th New York Infantry
9th New York Infantry, Company K
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps
11th Connecticut Infantry
16th Connecticut Infantry
8th Connecticut Infantry
4th Rhode Island Infantry
3rd Division, IX Corps Artillery
5th United States Artillery, Battery A
Kanawha Division, IX Corps
6th New York Cavalry
1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, IX Corps
12th Ohio Infantry
23rd Ohio Infantry
30th Ohio Infantry
Ohio Light Artillery, First Battery
Gilmore's Company, West Virginia Cavalry
Harrison's company, West Virginia Cavalry
2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, IX Corps
Schambeck's Company, Chicago Dragoons
Kentucky Light Artillery, Simmonds' Battery
11th Ohio Infantry
28th Ohio Infantry
36th Ohio 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 16871]
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