
Shepherdstown
Battle of Boteler's Ford
Town of Shepherdstown, WV | Sep 19 - 20, 1862
On September 19, 1862, two days after the bloodletting at Antietam, elements of Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corps pushed across the Potomac River at Boteler's Ford and attacked the Confederate rearguard commanded by Brig. Gen. William Pendleton. Early the next day, Porter pushed elements of two divisions across the river to establish a bridgehead. Gen. A. P. Hill's division counterattacked while many of the Federals were crossing the river, inflicting heavy casualties. Porter pulled back to the Union side of the river. This rearguard battle discouraged Federal pursuit of Robert E. Lee’s defeated army back to Virginia and ended Lee’s Maryland Campaign. On November 7, President Lincoln relieved McClellan of command for not aggressively pursuing Lee's retreating army
Shepherdstown: Featured Resources
Book: A History and Guide to Civil War Shepherdstown
The Pivotal Moment of the Maryland Campaign: The Case for Shepherdstown
Antietam Animated Map
Civil War: 1862
Military Engagements of the Civil War
West Virginia in the Civil War
Shepherdstown - September 20, 1862
Maryland Campaign 1862
The Civil War Animated Map
Shepherdstown
All battles of the Maryland Campaign Campaign
Est. Casualties: 12,922
Union: 12,636
Confederate: 286
Est. Casualties: 5,010
Union: 2,325
Confederate: 2,685
Est. Casualties: 22,717
Union: 12,401
Confederate: 10,316
Est. Casualties: 622
Union: 361
Confederate: 261
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