Battle of Shepherdstown

Battle of Shepherdstown
Part of the American Civil War
Ford near Shepherdstown, on the Potomac. Pickets firing across the river. Alfred R. Waud, artist, Sept. 1862.
Date September 19, 1862 (1862-09-19)–September 20, 1862 (1862-09-20) Location Jefferson County, West Virginia Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Fitz John Porter	William N. Pendleton
Units involved
V Corps	Artillery Reserve, A. P. Hill's Light Division
Strength
2 divisions[1]	2 divisions
Casualties and losses
366 (73 killed, 163 wounded, 132 captured/missing)[2]	307 (36 killed, 267 wounded, 6 captured/missing)[2]

The Battle of Shepherdstown (also known as the Battle of Boteler's Ford) was fought on September 19 and 20, 1862.^[3] It was the last of four battles that made up the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.

1. ↑ Terry L. Jones, Historical Dictionary of the Civil War (Lanham MD; London: The Scarecrow Press, 2002), p. 1271
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Jonathan A. Noyalas. "Battle of Shepherdstown". Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
3. ↑ "Battle of Shepherdstown; Boteler's Ford". Civil War Trust. Retrieved 9 July 2016.