Boonsboro, Maryland
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Boonsboro is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States, located at the foot of South Mountain. It nearly borders Frederick County and is proximate to the Antietam National Battlefield. The
Downtown Boonsboro
General Buford's Engagement with Stuart's Confederate Cavalry at Boonsboro, MD. July 9, 1863
US 40 Alternate entering Boonsboro
Battle of South Mountain
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The Battle of South Mountain, known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap, was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil War. Thr
Boonsboro, Maryland
…borders. The town was also used to keep wounded soldiers after the Battle of Antietam in September 1862. Southeast of the town was the site of the Battle of South Mountain. Boonsboro lies on what used to be the National Road. Today it is known as either the Old National Pike or Alt-U.S. 40. In Boonsboro, it is Main Street…
Union Corps under General Franklin attacking Confederate troops at Crampton's gap. Harper's Weekly, October 25, 1862.
Fox's Gap at the battle of South Mountain, MD. Sunday, Sept. 14, 1862
Northern field of battle
Confederate dead at Fox's Gap at Crossroads by Wise House