Battle of Shepherdstown

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The Battle of Shepherdstown was a minor but strategically important American Civil War engagement in September 1862, marking the Confederate rearguard action as Robert E. Lee’s army withdrew across the Potomac River after the Maryland Campaign.

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Battle of Shepherdstown canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Blackford’s Ford ⓘ
Battle of Boteler’s Ford ⓘ
artilleryUsed Confederate artillery on bluffs above Boteler’s Ford ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignTheater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
casualties heavy for size of engagement ⓘ
combatant Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
commander A. P. Hill ⓘ
linked to: A.P. Hill

Fitz John Porter ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Robert E. Lee ⓘ
commemoratedBy Shepherdstown Battlefield ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesApproximate about 300 total (killed, wounded, missing) ⓘ
ConfederateObjective to protect Army of Northern Virginia’s withdrawal from Maryland ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentState West Virginia ⓘ
date September 19–20, 1862 ⓘ
endDate September 20, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy relative lull in operations in the Eastern Theater in late 1862 ⓘ
heritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of Shepherdstown Battlefield ⓘ
location Boteler’s Ford ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
near Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States ⓘ
month September 1862 ⓘ
notableEvent severe losses of 5th New York Infantry during Union withdrawal ⓘ
notableUnit 5th New York Infantry (Duryee’s Zouaves) ⓘ
partOf Maryland Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Antietam ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
Union forces repulsed from Virginia side of Potomac ⓘ
riverCrossing Potomac River ⓘ
startDate September 19, 1862 ⓘ
stateAtTime Virginia ⓘ
strategicSignificance covered Confederate retreat from Maryland after the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
discouraged further Union pursuit into Virginia after Antietam ⓘ
marked the end of the 1862 Maryland Campaign ⓘ
terrainFeature high bluffs on Virginia side of Potomac ⓘ
type rearguard action ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesApproximate about 360 total (killed, wounded, missing) ⓘ
UnionObjective to destroy or capture Confederate rearguard and artillery across the Potomac ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Antietam → followedBy → Battle of Shepherdstown ⓘ
Boteler’s Ford → notableEvent → Battle of Shepherdstown ⓘ
Shepherdstown Battlefield → significantEvent → Battle of Shepherdstown ⓘ
Shepherdstown Battlefield → conflict → Battle of Shepherdstown ⓘ
Battle of Boteler’s Ford → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Shepherdstown ⓘ