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Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts commanded this division of the First Army Corps. On September 16, 1862, Ricketts' Division crossed the Antietam at the Sumner Bridge in the afternoon and moved west toward the Smoketown Road. At 6 p.m., after Meade's Division encountered enemy infantry on the Smoketown Road near the East Woods, Ricketts' Division formed on the extreme left of the corps in support of Meade. The division then bivouacked for the night of the 16th on both sides of the road at that point.
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