162nd Anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown commemorated at Entler.

This month marks the 162^nd anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown.

On September 19, 1862, two days after the bloodletting at  Antietam, Union soldiers pushed across the Potomac River at Boteler’s Ford. just below Shepherdstown, and attacked the Confederate rearguard. Early the next day, two Union divisions crossed the river to establish a bridgehead. As the Union soldiers were crossing the river, the Confederates counterattacked, inflicting heavy casualties before the Union troops could pull back to the Maryland shore. This rearguard battle discouraged Federal pursuit of Robert E. Lee’s defeated army back to Virginia and ended Lee’s Maryland Campaign.

On Saturday, September 21, from 11 am -to 5 pm, the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association will have an exhibit in front of the Historic Shepherdstown Museum displaying battle maps, books, and artifacts related to the battle.

Stop by and say hello!