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24 September 1862: “The fight continued all day with heavy loss on both sides.”

Posted on 24 Sep ’12 by Jason Tomberlin

Item description: The Weekly Raleigh Register of 24 September 1862 included this update, which is dated 20 September 1862, of action at Harper’s Ferry and the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg).

Item citation: The Weekly Raleigh Register. 24 September 1862. Raleigh, N.C.: John W. Syme. C071 R16r 1859-1862. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This entry was posted in North Carolina Collection and tagged Antietam, battle, Battle of Sharpsburg, D.H. Hill, Gen. George McClellan, Harper's Ferry, Maryland, newspapers, prisoners-of-war, Raleigh Register. Bookmark the permalink.
← 23 September 1862: “…said to myself that was Ray Wells but could not tell for certain their was so many that lay dead on so small a spot of ground that I did not want to look any more than I was obliged too…”
25 September 1862: “scarce do my thoughts wander to my loved ere they wander to my little teaze.” →

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