Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery.

Lieut. Peter C. Hains, U.S.A. Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Horse Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge, in the forenoon of the 17th and, preceded by the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Colonel Childs Commanding, ...

Batteries B and L, 2d U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Batteries B and L, 2d U.S. Artillery.

Captain Jas. M. Robertson, U.S.A., Commanding

(September 17, 1862.)

Horse Batteries B and L (Consolidated), 2nd U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge, in the forenoon of September 17, and went into position on ...

Confederate Winter Quarters

The Breakthrough Trail

Brigadier General Samuel McGowan’s South Carolina Brigade spent the winter of 1864-1865 very close to the fortifications they defended. A temporary scarcity of building materials in the early winter compelled many of McGowan’s men to rely on their ...

Batteries C and G, 3d U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Batteries C and G, 3d U.S. Artillery.

Captain Horatio G. Gibson, U.S.A. Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Horse Batteries C and G (Consolidated), 3d U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam in the forenoon of September 17, and went into position a short distance south of ...

Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery.

Lieut. Alanson M. Randol, U.S.A., Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Early in the afternoon of the 17th, Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge and relieved Robertson's Battery (B and L, 2nd U.S. Artillery) ...

Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery.

Captain John C. Tidball, U.S.A. Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Horse Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery, moved from its bivouac near Keedysville on the morning of the 17th, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge and, preceded and supported ...

The Hart House

The Breakthrough Trail

Charles H. Carr, a native of New York, purchased twenty acres from the Boisseaus of Tudor Hall in March 1859. He began construction of the house in front of you shortly afterwards. Carr died in July 1862 while ...

The Hart Farm

The Breakthrough Trail

This extension of The Breakthrough Trail leads to the historic Hart House, a ten minute walk from here. The trail parallels the Confederate earthworks that extended across the Boisseau farm (Tudor Hall) to the neighboring Hart farm to ...

Head Quarters, Dept. of New Mexico

Fort Fillmore, Nov. 15th, 1854

I. The laws of the United States having been extended by proclamation over the Mesilla Valley and the territory recently acquired from the Republic of Mexico, the undersigned as military Commander of the same directs that ...

The Breakthrough at Hart Farm

The Breakthrough Trail

“… after going through a leaden and war hail storm, thanks to the God of Battles, I am alive and happy. Our Corps charged the enemy’s lines last night, broke their line and drove them out of sight ...