Battle of South Mountain

When

14 Sep 1862

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.49° N, 77.62° W

Description

1862 battle of the American Civil War

Battle of the American Civil War

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. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht am South Mountain stehen sich drei Korps der Potomac-Armee unter Generalmajor George B. McClellan und zwei Divisionen der Nord-Virginia-Armee…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de South Mountain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• American Civil War12 Apr 1861 · Civil war