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On the 15th of September, Confederate Brigadier General Samuel Garland was faced by Union Colonel Eliakim Scammon's brigade. Scammon made contact with Garland's forces at Fox's Gap near South Mountain. Scammon's forces and artillery outnumbered Garland by a three to one margin. The Federals used musket fire and artillery to push back the Southerners. Then outflanked Garland's force on two sides. Garland was killed in the skirmish.

As an aside, Sergeant William McKinley, and Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes would soon fight at Antietam. And, both would be elected as US presidents in the future.

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