Barnes' Brigade

Barnes' Brigade (HMM6)

Location: Shepherdstown, WV 25443 Jefferson County
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N 39° 25.668', W 77° 46.728'

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Barnes' Brigade
Col. James Barnes, 18th Massachusetts Infantry, Commanding
Organization 2d Maine, 18th and 22d Massachusetts, 1st Michigan, 13th and
25th New York, 118th Pennsylvania Infantry,
2d Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters

(September 20, 1862)
Barnes' Brigade of Morell's Division, Fifth Corps, crossed the Potomac at the Ford 420 yards south of this at 9 A. M., September 20, under orders to march on the River Road to Shepherdstown. When it became known that A. P. Hill's Confederate Division was in front and advancing, Gen. Sykes ordered the Brigade to suspend its movement on Shepherdstown and take position on the right of Lovell's Brigade, which was on the bluffs south of this point. The greater part of the Brigade pushed part way up the slope of the bluffs a few yards west of this, with skirmishers thrown well to the front; the 118th Pennsylvania advanced up the bluff north of this point to extend the Brigade line to the right. The formation of the line had not been completed when the Brigade was ordered to be withdrawn. That portion of the Brigade in front and to the left of this was withdrawn, under fire, and recrossed the river in good order and with slight loss, but the 118th Pennsylvania was attacked by A. P. Hill's Division and suffered severely in killed, wounded and prisoners.
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HM NumberHMM6
Series This marker is part of the Antietam Campaign War Department Markers series
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Marker NumberB.F. 4
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Date Added Saturday, September 6th, 2014 at 7:42am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 260816 N 4367937
Decimal Degrees39.42780000, -77.77880000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 25.668', W 77° 46.728'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 25' 40.08" N, 77° 46' 43.68" W
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Area Code(s)304
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4389 River Road, Shepherdstown WV 25443, US
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