Battle Of South Mountain: Battlefield And Beyond

[Lt-Col A. Tack]

By John D. Hoptak

Originally published on HistoryNet.com.
Published Online: March 27, 2012

Although it has long languished in the shadows cast by Antietam, the September 14, 1862, Battle of South Mountain was in itself a battle of great importance and profound consequence.

It was the first major battle fought north of the Potomac and it was there-and not at Antietam-where Lee's first invasion of Union territory was initially met-and turned back.

It was a daylong fight, spread out across many miles of rugged, mountainous terrain, as the two sides slugged it out for control of several key mountain passes.

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[ljrmisty]

.....to never be long forgotten, and to forever be long remembered. 5000 souls lost and wounded. R.I.P.