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CSA |
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Union |
THE SOUTH: By July 7th the Confederate cavalry has driven back the Union horse from the Williamsport area, and the rest of the army is arriving in Hagerstown. The events in Pennsylvania have not been positive, but the rebel army is far from beaten. The plan is to attack Union forces as they arrive, bottling them up as they cross South Mountain, and hopefully, defeat them in detail. To start things rolling the Union cavalry has fallen back to the Boonesborough area, and doesn't appear to have any infantry support. By early morning of the 8th two corps of the Army of Northern Virginia have moved south, while one covers the Hagerstown area which is beginning to feel pressure from a combined arms force near Waynesborough. THE NORTH: By July 8th the Union cavalry has fallen back from the area around Williamsport to Boonesborough, covering the passes over South Mountain that the army will use. The Confederate army arrived on the scene on the 6th and 7th and the situation now develops into a full fledged fight. Neill and MacIntosh who have been trailing the retreating rebel army, arrive on the morning of the 8th, advancing from Waynesborough. As the pressure builds on the screening forces, the north is forced to commit troops in an ad hoc fashion, or risk losing a chance to bag the whole Confederate army. 11th Corps advances first - moving to Turner's Gap with Schurz's division advancing to Boonesborough at 1 p.m. on the 8th. The rest of the corps follows the morning of the 9th at the van of a rush of reinforcements crossing South Mountain. The battle joins in earnest.
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