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On September 20, 1862, following the battle of Antietam, a small Union force under Maj. Charles Lovell engaged Confederates under Gen. A.P. Hill at this Potomac River ford, ending Gen. R.E. Lee's Maryland Campaign. The 118th Pennsylvania suffered heavy losses at Boteler's Ford, though some soldiers took shelter in an old cement mill. The battle was also known as the battle of Shepherdstown.
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