Battle of Fox’s Gap

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Fox’s Gap was a Civil War engagement fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the larger Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign, where Union and Confederate forces clashed over a key mountain pass in Maryland.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Turner’s Gap	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Action at Fox’s Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPlace	Daniel Wise house NERFINISHED ⓘ Reno Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Wise farm NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignCommanderConfederate	Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignCommanderUnion	George B. McClellan NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander	D. H. Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacob D. Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse L. Reno NERFINISHED ⓘ Orlando B. Willcox NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Rodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel D. Sturgis NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Garland Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	historical markers ⓘ monuments ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	September 14, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED ⓘ
forceTypeConfederate	elements of D. H. Hill’s division ⓘ
forceTypeUnion	IX Corps, Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ
front	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped delay Confederate forces before Antietam ⓘ
location	Fox’s Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ South Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDeath	Union Major General Jesse L. Reno NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Battle of South Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ operations to force South Mountain passes ⓘ
precededBy	Confederate invasion of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEngagement	Battle of Crampton’s Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Turner’s Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Union tactical success ⓘ inconclusive ⓘ
state	Maryland ⓘ
stateOfPreservation	partially preserved battlefield ⓘ
strategicObjective	open route toward Sharpsburg ⓘ seize South Mountain pass at Fox’s Gap ⓘ
terrain	farmland ⓘ mountain pass ⓘ wooded slopes ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

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Maryland Campaign → includesEngagement → Battle of Fox’s Gap ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Turner’s Gap