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On September 17, 1862, Horse Batteries C and G (Consolidated), 3d U.S. Artillery, under Captain Horatio G. Gibson, crossed the Antietam in the forenoon and went into position a short distance south of this point, on the left of Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, and the right of Batteries B and L (Consolidated), 2d U.S. Artillery. After an engagement of nearly two hours, they were relieved by Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery, then withdrawn east of the Antietam and took up a second position on the ridge north of the Boonsboro Pike.
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