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Maryland Campaign
Battle of South Mountain

Confederate Commanders

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Forces Engaged: 18,000

Killed: 325

Wounded: 1,560

Missing: 800

Total Casualties: 2,685

September 14, 1862

Frederick County and

Washington County, near

Boonsboro, Maryland

Also Called Boonsboro Gap

Union Victory

Forces Engaged: 28,000

Killed: 443

Wounded: 1,807

Missing: 75

Total Casualties: 2,325

Confederate Officers

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Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill

Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws

Maj. Gen. David R. Jones

Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett

Brig. Gen. J. B. Kershaw

Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb

Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes

Brig. Gen. John B. Hood

Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside

Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker

Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno

Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin

Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch

Maj. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner

Maj. Gen. William F. Smith

Brig. Gen. George G. Meade

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts

Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum

Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt

Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton

Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch

Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday

Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick

Brig. Gen. John Newton

Brig. Gen. John Gibbon

Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour

Brig. Gen. George R. Myers

Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock

Brig. Gen. W. T. H. Brooks

Brig. Gen. Samuel D Sturgis

Brig. Gen. James Nagle

Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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