Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps

On September 17, 1862, Sedgwick's Division of the Second Army Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford at 7:45 a.m. and advanced from the East Woods in column of brigades, with Gorman's Brigade in advance, Dana's second, and Howard's third. The division passed through the Cornfield and the open fields to the south, crossed the Hagerstown Pike, entered the West Woods, and reached the open ground beyond before its advance was checked by Jackson's command and the artillery of Stuart's division. Its left flank was then attacked and turned by McLaws' and Walker's divisions, forcing it to retreat northward to the fields and woods beyond D.R. Miller's, where it rallied under cover of the artillery of the First and Twelfth Corps.

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