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On September 17, 1862, Brig. Gen. William H. French's Division of the Second Army Corps crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford about 8:30 a.m. and marched in columns by brigades, with Kimball on the right, Morris in the center, and Weber on the left. After advancing about one mile, the division faced left and passed through the meadows to Roulette's House, where it encountered the enemy and pushed them back to the Bloody Lane, where its advance was checked by a portion of D.H. Hill's Division. A desperate contest followed until 1 o'clock, when, supported by Richardson's Division on the left, the division charged and forced the enemy to retire to Piper's Lane and the fields beyond. French's Division bivouacked beyond the ridge north of this point.
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