Battle of Antietam, Third Phase (Burnside Bridge) "Fighting Dick" Anderson’s division reinforced Hill’s Confederates, Eventually, the Union troops captured the position but were too spent to push into Sharpsburg and cut Lee’s line in two. Brigadier General Ambrose Wright’s brigade of Maj. The Sunken Road is also called Bloody Lane. In the fighting that ensued the road turned muddy from the blood pouring into it. Daniel Harvey Hill’s division occupying a strong defensive position in a sunken farm road. French’s men encountered Confederates of Maj. French, swung left toward the center of the Confederate line.
Battle of Antietam, Second Phase (The Sunken Road) Major General John Sedgewick’s division followed part of XII Corps toward the West Wood and captured Dunker Church before Confederate counterattacks threw them back. Two divisions of Major General Edwin Sumner’s II Corps crossed Antietam Creek sometime after 7:30 a.m., to support I and XII corps, already engaged. "Jeb" Stuart’s dismounted cavalry halted their progress. John Bell Hood’s Texans from The Cornfield and penetrated the West Wood before Confederates of Lieutenant General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson’s corps and Lt. Fighting their way through the East Wood, they swept the remnants of Brig. Williams after Mansfield fell mortally wounded. A bloody fight ensued in The Cornfield (Miller’s Cornfield) and the West Wood.īrigadier General Joseph Mansfield’s XII Corps, behind and to the left of Hooker, came to his support but arrived too late to coordinate with Hooker’s attack. Lee’s left flank from the north along the Hagerstown Pike, shortly after dawn. As the map shows, the next morning he attacked Gen. Joseph Hooker crossed Antietam Creek with I Corps. Late on the afternoon of September 16, Maj. Battle of Antietam, Morning Phase (The Cornfield, East Wood, West Wood, Dunker Church) Lee, was able to shift troops wherever they were needed through most of the day, repeated stymieing the Federal assaults. Without simultaneous pressure on all parts of his line McClellan’s opponent, Gen. As a result, the Battle of Antietam was fought in three, uncoordinated phases throughout the day on September 17, 1862. McClellan failed to fully develop a coordinated plan of attack with his corps commanders. The Union commander, Major General George B. The battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War, with over 23,000 casualties. The maps above show how Hooker and Mansfield attacked in the morning, Sumner came to their support but part of his corps turned southward, Burnside was slow in forcing a crossing and didn’t put troops on the other side of the creek until mid-afternoon. The battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day of the civil war, with over 23,000 casualties. Period Map of Antietam Battlefield Antietam Maps Antietam Battlefield Maps | HistoryNet Close
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