Category: Battle of South Mountain

Categories: United States Civil War Conflicts

This category contains profiles of units and personnel who participated in this battle.

The Battle of South Mountain Also known as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap, was fought September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, needed to pass through these gaps in his pursuit of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's precariously divided Army of Northern Virginia. Although the delay bought at South Mountain would allow him to reunite his army and forestall defeat in detail, Lee considered termination of the Maryland Campaign at nightfall.

See: Wikipedia:Battle_of_South_Mountain

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Sources

• John David Hoptak, The Battle of South Mountain (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011), 183-93.

• D. Scott Hartwig, To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 (Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012), 657-73.

Battle of South Mountain, Confederate Order of Battle

Battle of South Mountain, Union Order of Battle

Centre County Civil War Veterans

George Brigham South Mountain Research Files

B

Alexander Bailey 22 Feb 1832 Centre, Pennsylvania, United States - 31 Dec 1896

Heindrich Bailey 03 Apr 1809 York County Pennsylvania, USA - 26 Jul 1862

Joshua Bailey 04 Mar 1835 Stormstown, Halfmoon Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States - 07 Apr 1911

Peter Bailey 05 Aug 1822 Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - 02 Mar 1905

Richard Bailey 27 Nov 1841 Baileyville, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA - 18 Oct 1863

Samuel Bailey 03 Nov 1809 Monaghan Township, Pennsylvania, USA - 15 Feb 1872

Peter Bieber 01 May 1825 Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France - 10 Oct 1884

William Bode 1841 Hanover, German Empire - 17 Sep 1862

James Brown 1834 Georgia, United States - 14 Sep 1862

Seaborn Burns abt 1842 Georgia, United States - 14 Sep 1862

Ambrose Burnside 23 May 1824 Liberty, Union, Indiana, United States - 13 Sep 1881

William Byers 04 Apr 1840 Pickens, South Carolina, United States - 13 Jul 1923

C

Erskin Camp 26 Dec 1830 Sackets Harbor, Jefferson, New York, United States - 28 Dec 1876

Jacob Campbell abt 1822 Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA - 14 Sep 1862

Thomas Chamberlain 18 Mar 1838 Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States - 22 Feb 1917

Mark Collet 02 Jun 1826 - 03 May 1863

James Costley 01 May 1833 Newton, Georgia, United States - 27 Sep 1913

Samuel Covington 04 Apr 1843 Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States - 22 Jan 1918

D

Abner Doubleday 26 Jun 1819 Ballston Spa, Saratoga, New York, United States - 26 Jan 1893

George Drake 14 Apr 1838 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 20 Jul 1921

Thomas Drayton 24 Aug 1808 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 18 Feb 1891

F

Daniel Flagler 20 Jun 1835 Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States - 29 Mar 1899

John Fletcher 03 Apr 1826 Telfair County, Georgia - 14 Sep 1862

Harvey Fravel 12 Nov 1843 Mill Hall, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA - 02 Feb 1914

G

Samuel Garland 16 Dec 1830 Lynchburg, Virginia - 14 Sep 1862

John Gibbon 20 Apr 1827 Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 06 Feb 1896

H

Jeremiah Theodore Hancock 1842 Irwin, Georgia - 14 Sep 1862

John Hatch 09 Jan 1822 Oswego, New York, United States - 12 Apr 1901

Joseph Hooker 13 Nov 1814 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States - 31 Oct 1879

J

Nathaniel Jackson 28 Jul 1818 Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - 21 Apr 1892

Absalom Jarrett 1828 Lincoln, North Carolina, United States - 01 Oct 1862

John Jolly abt 1836 Anderson, South Carolina, United States - 02 Jul 1863

Joseph Jolly 03 Dec 1827 Anderson, South Carolina, United States - 09 Jun 1862

William Jolly abt 1842 Anderson, South Carolina, United States - 14 Dec 1862

Theodore Jones 04 Feb 1832 Georgetown, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States - 13 Apr 1916

K

Daniel Knight 09 Nov 1843 Amherst County, Virginia, United States - 03 Jul 1863

L

Laurent Lesser 11 Jun 1838 Sundhausen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France - 20 Nov 1900

M

John Markle 16 Aug 1830 Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States - 27 Apr 1909

Roderick Matheson bef 28 May 1824 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 02 Oct 1862

John Maxwell 03 Oct 1834 Georgia, United States - 03 Aug 1905

George McClellan 03 Dec 1826 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 29 Oct 1885

M cont.

Daniel McFall 02 Aug 1836 Niagara County, New York, United States - 05 Nov 1919

Lawrence McGeorge abt 1824 Bedford, Virginia, United States - 14 Sep 1862

Chester McKinney abt 1846 Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States - 09 Nov 1863

William McKitrick abt 1837 Noble, Ohio, United States - 14 Sep 1862

George Meade 02 Nov 1843 - 02 Feb 1897

Jacob Miller abt 1844 Centre County Pennsylvania, USA - 14 Sep 1862

Henry Morrow 10 Jul 1829 Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, United States - 31 Jan 1891

Millender Music abt 1832 Appling, Georgia, United States - 16 Dec 1862

P

Marsena Patrick 15 Mar 1811 Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States - 27 Jul 1888

Newman Potter 28 Feb 1829 Hounsfield, Jefferson, New York, United States - 30 Dec 1901

R

Jesse Reno 20 Apr 1823 Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia, United States - 14 Sep 1862

S

Henry Satcher 23 Sep 1843 Ridge Spring Saluda County South Carolina, USA - 14 Sep 1862

Paul Semmes 04 Jun 1815 Wilkes County,Georgia,USA - 10 Jul 1863

John Spann 06 Sep 1823 Ridge Spring, Saluda, South Carolina, United States - 02 Oct 1891

T

Alfred Torbert 01 Jul 1833 Georgetown, Sussex, Delaware, United States - 29 Aug 1880

U

Silas Upham - 13 Jul 1863

W

William Wainwright 10 Jun 1818 New York City, New York, United States - 17 Oct 1895

Shadrick Wilson 05 Dec 1837 Jackson, Georgia, United States - 20 Sep 1862

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