“Through Shot and Shell” on Bolivar Heights

By MI Digital June 6, 2026June 6, 2026

By Evan Phifer Within popular memory of the Maryland Campaign, the Confederate operation against Harpers Ferry is often overlooked by the savage fighting at South Mountain and Antietam. Less remember

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