First Army Corps

On September 17, 1862, Magilton's Brigade of Meade's Division, First Army Corps, commanded by Col. A.L. Magilton of the 4th Pennsylvania Reserves, advanced from the North Woods about 6:30 a.m. and, passing a few yards east of D.R. Miller's House, formed line on the left of Anderson's Brigade. Part of the brigade, supported by the 124th Pennsylvania of the Twelfth Corps, engaged the enemy on the north edge of the Cornfield. Soon afterward, the brigade was ordered left to assist Seymour and Ricketts in and in front of the East Woods. While moving by the left flank about 75 feet north of the Cornfield, it was fiercely assailed by Confederates. The assault was checked by the timely arrival and assistance of Williams' Division, Twelfth Corps, after which the brigade withdrew to the fields northeast of Joseph Poffenberger's.

Shepherdstown, Maryland · United States