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Foxes Gap to Antietam Bridge9127 Reads
![]() ![]() We have been in two battles: one at Foxes Gap on the South Mountain, we were under fire about 4 hours there on Sunday the 14th. The other was at Antietam Bridge, we were under fire there 2 days. Note: letters from Sylvester Spaulding.
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1862:
General Ulysses S. Grant provides the first major Union victory of the war when he captures Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. Ten days later, he captured Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River, which gave the Yankees control of northern Tennessee and paved the way for the occupation of Nashville.
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