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Burnside's Bridge
The fog begins to clear on the morning of the 17th 1862, a brigade of Georgia soldier's begin to see lines of advancing Federal troops ordered to take the stone bridge, later known as Burnside's Bridge. Four divisions of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside's IX Corps were ordered to cross the bridge and flank Lee's army, allowing McClellan to unleash his massed reserves and gain Lee's rear.

Commanding the some 400 hundred Georgia men along the heights above the bridge was one of Lee's maverick generals, Robert Augustus Toombs. The wooded hillside along the creek provided excellent cover for the confederate defenders. Soon after 9 a.m., the Union assault on the bridge began. Charge after gallant charge was shattered by the sheets of deadly short range fire of Toombs' Georgian's. Against all odds, by repulsing four distinct attacks, the 2nd and 20th Georgia regiments held the IX Corps at bay all morning. They accomplished their mission, buying General Lee's battered army the time needed to recover from the morning's carnage.
At approximately 1 p.m., two regiments, the 51st Pennsylvania and the 51st at New York, marched swiftly out from the cover of a wooded hill, and made the final valiant charge against the bridge. Being supported by artillery fire, the 51st Pennsylvania finally crossed the bridge. But all was not lost for the Confederates. Soon General A. P. Hill's notable Light Division would arrive from Harper's Ferry in the nick of time, and plow through Burnside's men.
The IX Corps would retreat across the bridge they had so gallantly won earlier that day!

Burnside's Bridge Antietam - Book
The stone bridge on the southern flank of the Antietam battlefield became one of the Civil War's most powerful symbols of courage and sacrifice. Union general Ambrose Burnside might have outflanked Robert E. Lee's army if his charge across the bridge had been successful. The actions, units and personalities of this crucial sector of the battlefield are described here in detail, accompanied by a full description of the bridge area as it was in 1862 and as it is today. 156 pgs.

The Burnside Bridge
Glascione. This is the bridge where, during the Battle of Antietam, Union troops under General Burnside took heavy casualties before crossing the river and advancing into the town of Sharpsburg. Framed photograph measures 11"x 14" with matte.

Remembering Reno
A Biography of Major General Jesse Lee Reno. McConnell. "Remember Reno" was shouted by his soldiers at the Battle of Antietam as they stormed across Burnside Bridge. This biography illuminates the often-overlooked accomplishments of this Civil War hero including how he led two future presidents into battle. It also covers the controversial subject of his death - whether the bullet that ended his life was from friend or foe. 126 pgs., 6¼"x 9¼", hdbd.