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The Fifth Army Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, constituted the reserve of the Army of the Potomac during September 15 and 16, 1862. Its advance, Sykes' Division, reached this point in the afternoon of Sept. 15. On the morning of Sept. 16, it formed in the fields to the south of the Boonsboro Pike in support of the Reserve Artillery on the ridge in front of this point. Morell's Division arrived at Keedysville about noon on Sept. 16 and encamped in the fields west of the town.
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