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On September 17, 1862, early in the afternoon, Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery, commanded by Lieut. Alanson M. Randol, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge and relieved Robertson's Battery, B and L, 2nd U.S. Artillery, which was positioned on a knoll about 80 yards south of this point. It opened a fire of spherical case on the flank of one of the Confederate batteries on Cemetery Hill, apparently compelling it to retire beyond the range of its guns. Because the position was unfavorable for the use of artillery and exposed to annoying fire from Confederate skirmishers, the battery was withdrawn and recrossed the Antietam.
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