{"id":13842,"date":"2012-04-10T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T14:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2021-12-22T12:56:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:56:27","slug":"september-14-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/04\/10\/september-14-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"September 14, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Sept.<\/span> 14th. Sunday<\/span>
\nMarched<\/span> at 6 ok \u2013 our division
\nleading. Heavy firing again began
\nearly and continued in direction
\nof Harper\u2019s Ferry and along up the
\nvalley. Crossed the mountain and
\nentered Jefferson about 9a.m. There is
\na most magnificent view from
\nthe summit.
\nPower<\/span> through Jefferson to the
\nmusic of fifes and drums. People
\nseemingly glad to see us. Proceeded
\non to within a mile of Birkheadsville,
\nbegan to skirmish from that point
\nup to the village which was finally
\noccupied by our skirmishers. Discovered
\nbatteries in various positions in the
\nmountain side and on both sides
\nof the Gap. Tried to reach the enemys [sic]
\nbattery with 3 inch ordnance guns,
\ncouldn\u2019t do it. Finally there was a
\nconsultation held between the Division
\nand Brigade Commanders and it was
\ndetermined to storm the pass.<\/p>\n

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Accordingly the division was
\nmoved under cover of the woods
\nto the front and in lines of
\ntwo battalions. Bartlett leading, and
\nNewton next, they pressed forward.
\nThe line of march was to the
\nright of the town. While moving
\nover the open fields our men
\nwere subjected to a severe fire
\nof Artillery from the enemy\u2019s batteries
\nposted on the hills until they reached
\nthe base of the mountain. There we
\nbegan to feel the enemy\u2019s infantry.
\nAfter an hour\u2019s firing the lines made
\na general charge up the slope and
\nthis ended one of the most
\nmagnificent fights of the war.
\nThey<\/span> fired at our Staff repeatedly.
\nThe battle ground was a terrible
\nsight. And then the passing
\nof the wounded + the prisoners
\nand the hurrying by of
\nammunition trains all mingled<\/p>\n

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with the troops was one of the
\nmost satisfying + satisfactory
\nspectacles that I have witnessed
\nduring the war.
\nFor<\/span> once we whipped the
\nenemy. We gained possession of
\nthe Gap and forced the enemy
\nto retreat down the other side of
\nthe mountain into the valley. We
\ntook prisoners, colors, and guns.
\nThe wounded and dead of the enemy
\nwere scattered all along the mountain
\nside. Our loss was considerable.
\n1st<\/span> Brigade
\nKilled Wounded<\/span> total<\/span>
\n42 142<\/span> 184<\/span>
\n2nd<\/span> Brigade 233<\/span><\/p>\n

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-Cobb\u2019s brigade \u2013
\n16 Georgia McClellan’s<\/span> div
\n24 N.C. A.P.<\/span>A.P. Hills corps
\n16 N.C.
\nCobb Legion<\/p>\n

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Malones [?] brig, Anderson\u2019s div
\nLongstreet\u2019s Corps<\/p>\n

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16th
\n12th Virginia<\/span><\/p>\n

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Grime\u2019s battery 4 guns
\n_________________ .. _________________
\n18th Miss. Is also in McClellan\u2019s Div.
\nTwo brigades of this division were
\nposted at the other Gap above
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      [Click image to view] Page 27:   Sept. 14th. Sunday Marched at 6 ok \u2013 our division leading. Heavy firing again began early and continued in direction of Harper\u2019s Ferry and along up the valley. Crossed the mountain and entered Jefferson about 9a.m. There is a most magnificent view from the summit. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31223,70092],"tags":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15235,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842\/revisions\/15235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}