The Battle of South Mountain, known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap, was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the...
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The Battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American...
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South Mountain or South Mountains may refer to: South Mountain, a village in North Dundas, Ontario South Mountain (Nova Scotia), a mountain range South...
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Jesse L. Reno (category Members of the Aztec Club of 1847)
he was killed while commanding a corps at Fox's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain. Reno, Nevada; Reno County, Kansas; Reno, Ohio; El Reno, Oklahoma;...
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The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. The...
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George B. McClellan (category Members of the Aztec Club of 1847)
Confederate commander. The Battle of South Mountain also presented McClellan with an opportunity for one of the great theatrical moments of his career, as historian...
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Burkittsville, Maryland (section Points of interest)
of South Mountain. Burkittsville is a residential area with an economy based in agriculture and tourism. The village was the scene of the Battle of Crampton's...
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in the Battle of South Mountain. The former was significant because a large portion of Lee's army was absent from the start of the battle of Antietam...
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The Battle of Lookout Mountain also known as the Battle Above the Clouds was fought November 24, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American...
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Sobuk-san mountain area in South Korea. It was one of several large engagements fought simultaneously during the Battle of Pusan Perimeter. The battle ended...
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The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain occurred in Pulaski County, Virginia, on May 9, 1864, during the American Civil War. The fight has also been called the...
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Eastern Iron Brigade (redirect from Iron Brigade of the East)
Battle of South Mountain and had just been taken command of by Colonel Walter Phelps Jr of the 22nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment the day of South...
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The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia...
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The Battle of South Shanxi , also known as the Battle of Jinnan (Chinese: 晉南战役) and Zhongtiao Mountains campaign (Chinese: 中條山會戰) by the Chinese and as...
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Iron Brigade (redirect from Iron Brigade of the West)
the Battle of South Mountain, a prelude to the Battle of Antietam in September 1862. Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, commanding I Corps, approached Army of the...
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Paul Jones Semmes (category People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War)
action at Crampton's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain. At Sharpsburg, Semmes's brigade was a key part of General McLaws's strong counterattack...
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Samuel Garland Jr. (category University of Virginia School of Law alumni)
Maryland Campaign while defending Fox's Gap at the Battle of South Mountain. The great-grandnephew of James Madison, Garland was born in Lynchburg to Maurice...
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The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The most significant frontal assault...
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Maryland campaign (category Campaigns of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War)
McClellan's army of 102,000 men attempted to move quickly through the South Mountain passes that separated him from Lee. The Battle of South Mountain on September...
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intelligence gained by the Union played an important role in the Battle of South Mountain and Battle of Antietam. The order was drafted on or about September 9...
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Battle Mountain is an igneous mountain in Rappahannock County, Virginia. The eastern slope is generally considered to reside in the unincorporated town...
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George Crook (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
his brigade at the Battle of South Mountain and near Burnside's Bridge at the Battle of Antietam. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on...
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Rutherford B. Hayes (redirect from 19th President of the United States of America)
an officer. Hayes was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. He earned a reputation for bravery in combat, rising in...
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Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively, by the South....
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Thunder on South Mountain is a board wargame that simulates the American Civil War battle of South Mountain Maryland, fought on September 14, 1862. In...
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The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the...
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Nathan George Evans (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
Northern Virginia. Evans' Brigade participated in the battles of Second Manassas, South Mountain and Antietam in 1862 and was then assigned to Eastern...
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Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain was the scene of the 18th-century "Last Battle of the Cherokees" in this area during the Nickajack...
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The Battle of Cove Mountain occurred in Wythe County, Virginia, on May 10, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Union cavalry division commanded by...
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George Meade (category Meade County, South Dakota)
division commander, he won the Battle of South Mountain and assumed temporary command of the I Corps at the Battle of Antietam. Meade's division broke...
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