The Battle of Antietam ( Sharpsburg) September 17th 1862
Timeline 7.45 AM
Overview.
The Union Twelfth Corps Major General Joseph K.F. Mansfield commanding is advancing through the Miller cornfield and East Woods towards the Smoketown Road and Mumma farm.
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First Corps Major General Joseph Hooker commanding has exhausted its offensive capacity and has taken up a defensive role stretching from the cornfield towards the Nicodemus Heights.
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Confederate artillery are subjecting the Union advance to a withering bombardment. The Union artillery response is muted due to the difficulty in deploying the Twelfth Corps guns as the infantry advance.
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Brigadier General John B. Hood's Confederate division is deploying by the Dunker church with a view to counter attack the flank of the Union advance.
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Colonel A.H. Colquitt's Brigade from Major General Daniel H Hills Division is advancing from the sunken lane area to support Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley's North Carolina Brigade by the Mumma farm.
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Ripley aware that he is outnumbered decides to order the burning of the Mumma farm in order to deprive the Union troops of cover and also disrupt their advance.
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The battered Confederate line along the Smoketown Road braces itself for the next assault with trepidation .
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