First Army Corps

On September 17, 1862, U.S.A. First Army Corps, Duryee's Brigade of Rickett's Division, commanded by Brigadier General Abram Duryee and composed of the 97th, 104th, 105th New York and 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, moved early in the morning from its bivouac in the Poffenberger Woods on the Smoketown Road. Forming in column of divisions, it obliqued right until near J. Poffenberger's, then marched south through the North Woods, passed the right of Hartsuff's Brigade, and moved between Pennsylvania Light Battery F. (Matthews') and Pennsylvania Light Battery C. (Thompson's) on the high ground between D.R. Miller's and the East Woods. At the cornfield fence, the brigade deployed and advanced through the cornfield to its south edge, seventy-five yards distant, where it encountered the Confederate line about one hundred forty-five to one hundred sixty yards farther south. In less than a half hour, the brigade's left was withdrawn, the right remained a few minutes longer and then fell back. Portions of the brigade were rallied and advanced again part way through the cornfield, but fell back as Hartsuff's Brigade came into action.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States