Griffin headed some volunteers from four regiments, crossed the river, and driving off Pendleton’s infantry, captured three or four pieces of artillery. The next morning, some brigades from the divisions of Morell and
Sykes crossed the river. Their crossing and advance were protected by numerously posted batteries on the Federal side. Gen. A. P. Hill’s division was ordered by General Jackson to drive these forces across the Potomac. Hill advanced with the brigades of Pender, Gregg and Thomas, in his front line, Lane (Branch’s brigade), Archer and Brockenbrough in his second. The advance of these brigades was made in the face of "a tremendous fire of artillery. The infantry in front of Gregg and Thomas was in small force and soon brushed away." Pender met a sharp infantry fire. His Carolinians were not retarded, however, and Archer’s brigade and Lane, with his North Carolinians, supporting them, the small force in front was soon driven across the Potomac. These brigades remained under artillery fire the rest of the day. General Pender in his report pays a high compliment to the Twenty-second regiment, commanded by Maj. C. C. Cole. He says: "In the Twenty-second the list (for good conduct) will be rather long, as it is upon it and its commander that I usually call when any special or dangerous services are to be performed. There have been many exaggerated statements made as to the Federal
losses in this battle. Their official reports itemized show a total loss of only 363.
The total North Carolina losses in the invasion of Maryland so far as they are officially reported were, killed, 335; wounded, 1,838. This official list, however, does not include the casualties in the Fifth, Twelfth and Fourteenth regiments. The following field officers, or acting field officers, were killed or mortally wounded: Gen. L. O’B. Branch, Gen. G. B. Anderson, Col. C. C. Tew, and Capts. W. T. Marsh and D. P. Latham, commanding Fourth North Carolina. The following field officers, or
