![Union troops charge through D.R. Miller’s cornfield against the Confederate left flank at Antietam in a modern painting by Keith Rocco. The Union II Corps attack through William Roulette’s farm against the Confederate center held by Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill’s troops had the same intensity.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Through-the-Cornfield-760x1023.jpg)
May 2015
Military Heritage
Lee’s Hard Fighter
By William E. WelshTwo men rode forward from Sharpsburg, Maryland, on the morning of September 17, 1862. The one in front was of slight build with a scraggly beard, scrawny neck, sunken cheeks, and a high forehead. Read more