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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
th Mountain forks, one branch, parallel to the principal chain, following it on the east under the name of Catoctin Mountain. In the valley of Catoctin Creek, which separates them, are found the villages of Myersville, Middletown, Jefferson, Burkittsville, and finally Knoxville and Berlin on the Potomac. Frederick is at the foot of the eastern slope of the secondary chain. The only passage situated to the north of this fork branches off into the high road between Fairfield and Monterey, and to Hagerstown, on the left to Boonsboroa, a large village at the foot of the mountain. Quite close to Turner's Gap, Fox's Gap opens a passage to the direct road from Middletown to Sharpsburg by Springvale. Farther to the south the road from Burkittsville to Rohrersville crosses the well-known pass of Crampton's Gap; finally, the towpath of the canal lateral to the Potomac, with the railroad at Knoxville, goes round the extremity of South Mountain. There was, therefore, no scarcity of roads f
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the editor (search)
The First corps marched from Williamsport to Rohrersville; the Second corps, from near Falling Waters to near Sandy Hook; the Third corps, from Marsh Creek to near Burnside's Bridge, on the Antietam; the Fifth corps, from near Williamsport to Burkittsville; the Sixth corps, from Williamsport to Boonsboroa; the Eleventh corps, from Williamsport, via Hagerstown, to Middletown; and the Twelfth corps, from Fairplay and near Williamsport to Sandy Hook. Buford's cavalry division moved from Falling Wpartment of West Virginia, marched from Williamsport to Indian Spring. July 16. The First corps marched from Rohrersville to near Berlin; the Third corps, from Burnside's Bridge to Pleasant Valley, near Sandy Hook; the Fifth corps, from Burkittsville, via Petersville, to near Berlin; the Sixth corps, from Boonsboroa to near Berlin; the Eleventh corps, from Middletown, via Jefferson, to Berlin; and the Twelfth corps, from Sandy Hook to Pleasant Valley. Buford's cavalry division moved from