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Cedar Mountain to Antietam: A Civil War Campaign History of the Union XII Corps, July – September 1862 (M. Chris Bryan - CWC) ecw from a time not soby M. Chris Bryan The diminutive Union XII Corps found significant success on the field at Antietam. Its soldiers swept through the East Woods and the Miller Cornfield, permanently clearing both of Confederates, repelled multiple Southern assaults against the Dunker Church plateau, and eventually secured a foothold beyond the Dunker Church in the West Woods. This important piece of high ground had been the Union objective all morning, and its