As Colonel Bradley Johnson’s 1st Maryland Infantry CSA confronted Colonel John Kenly’s 1st Maryland Infantry USA, the street fighting grew especially hot here, between the Warren County Court House and the Confederate military hospital just across the street. When Federal troops delivered “hot musketry fire” from the windows of one of the hospital buildings, General Richard Ewell asked Johnson, “Can you take that building?” He replied, “Yes, sir, in five minutes.” The building was secured in less than three minutes. The tide of battle then flowed from the courthouse area north. House-to-house fighting ensued as the Federals retreated to Richardson’s Hill. (Photo by Melissa A. Winn)
Photo by Melissa A. Winn