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FIRST NEW JERSEY BRIGADE WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

FIRST NEW JERSEY BRIGADE WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: SMOKETOWN ROAD

City: SHARPSBURG

State: Maryland

Zip Code: 21782

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Markers (Groups)

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

The Brigade arrived upon this field from Crampton’s Pass about noon and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just north of the Dunkard Church. The order for the charge was countermanded, and the Brigade took position across this road in support of the 6th Corps Artillery. The right of the Brigade in the woods north of the road, the left in the open field south, where it remained, under artillery fire, until the morning of the 19th.


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