harpers ferry. in the early days of july 1864, franz sigel controls maryland heights. the confederate forces have to march around through sharpsburg where they see the graves of the dead from september 18, 1862 battle. they march through the passes of south mountain, where they see the graves of the fighting that dr. jordan talked about last night. then they come down the passes. as more soldiers continue to build up in south mountain, wallace is starting to get reinforcements. on july 8, those first soldiers of rickets' command arrive. an interesting thing about this is the fact that they were not ordered to help wallace. their objective was the land in baltimore, get on trains, and go to harpers ferry. to go to harpers ferry, you have to go through monocacy. while will wave down the first train. a man named william henry will come off the train and demand, who stopped this strain, on whose authority? wallace says, my authority. he will explain the situation and henry will agree, i am needed more here than harpers ferry. other subsequent union arrivals will also offlo