Campaign : Maryland Campaign.
Date : September 19-20, 1862.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter [US]; Brig. Gen. William Pendleton and Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 625 total.
On September 19, Union troops pushed across the river at Boteler’s Ford, attacking the Confederate rearguard commanded by Brig. Gen. William Pendleton.
On the 20th, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter pushed elements of two divisions across the Potomac to establish a bridgehead.
Hill’s division counterattacked and nearly annihilated the 118th Pennsylvania, inflicting 269 casualties.
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