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The C.S.A. Reserve Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton, was active from September 16-18, 1862. A portion of the reserve artillery took part in the battle of September 16-17, while the rest was posted at the fords in the vicinity of Williamsport and Shepherdstown to command the crossings of the Potomac River. On September 16 the artillery was posted on the high ground on either side of the Boonsboro' Pike east of Sharpsburg, from which it engaged the long-range artillery of the Army of the Potomac on the high ground east of the Antietam.
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