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ed with Kershaw's brigade on September 13th the honor of capturing Maryland Heights. This achievement compelled the surrender of Harper's Ferry, and much of the credit for it is due to the gallant Mississippi skirmishers under Maj. J. M. Bradley. The Thirteenth was left in possession of this stronghold while the remainder of the brigade formed line of battle behind Crampton's Gap. In this exploit Barksdale had 960 men engaged, and lost 2 killed and 15 wounded. Law's brigade fought at Boonsboro and on sanguinary field of Sharpsburg. The Second and Eleventh were in the fiercest of the fight at the Dunker Church, both on the 16th and 17th. In the first day's fighting, Hood reported the brave and efficient Col. P. F. Liddell fell mortally wounded; and on the 17th, the two little giant brigades of this division wrestled with a mighty force, not less than two corps of the enemy. In the words of Colonel Law, Colonel Liddell, the gallant and beloved commander of the Eleventh Mississi