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On September 17, 1862, Battery A, 5th U.S. Artillery, commanded by Lieut. Chas. P. Muhlenburg, was in the morning positioned on the crest of the hill east of the Rohrbach Lane, east of and overlooking the Stone Bridge over the Antietam. In the afternoon, the battery crossed the bridge and went into position on the ridge 730 yards a little south of east of this point, where it engaged Confederate artillery and infantry. Later in the day, it moved about 60 yards west and 100 yards south of its first position to more effectually check a flank movement of A.P. Hill's Division. At night, the battery was withdrawn to the cover of the ridge on which it had been engaged.
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