. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . his back, he could nothave appeared more composed and confident. On shaking hands with us, hesimply expressed his satisfaction with the result of our operations at HarpersFerry, and with our timely arrival at Sharpsburg; adding that with our rein-forcement he felt confident of being able to hold his ground until the arrivalof the divisions of E. H. Anderson, McLaws, and A. P. Hill, which were stillbehind, and which did not arrive until the next day. At four in the afternoon I rece
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . his back, he could nothave appeared more composed and confident. On shaking hands with us, hesimply expressed his satisfaction with the result of our operations at HarpersFerry, and with our timely arrival at Sharpsburg; adding that with our rein-forcement he felt confident of being able to hold his ground until the arrivalof the divisions of E. H. Anderson, McLaws, and A. P. Hill, which were stillbehind, and which did not arrive until the next day. At four in the afternoon I received an order from General Lee to move at3 oclock the next morning, and take position with my division on the extremeright of his line of battle, so as to cover a ford of the Antietam, and to lend ahand, in case of necessity, to General Toombs, whose brigade was guardingthe bridge over the Antietam called by Federal writers Burnsides Bridge. J For an account of the part taken by General Walkers division in the operations leading to the surren-der of Harpers Ferry, see pp. 604 to 611.—Editors. 675 SHARPSBURG. BURXSIDES BKIDUK—I. This picture, after a photograph taken in 1885, is aview of the Confederate position from the slope of thehill occupied by the Union batteries before a crossingwas effected. At the time of the battle the buildingshad not been erected, and the Confederate hill-side was covered with trees. A Confederate battery on the leftenfiladed the crossing. Union sharp-shooters took ad-vantage of the stone-wall on the right of the approachto the bridge. The continuation of the road to Sharps-burg is seen on the right across the bridge.—Editors. At daybreak on the 17th I took the position assigned me, forming my lineof battle on the crest of a ridge in front of the ford just mentioned. Theground, from my position to the creek, distant about five hundred yards,sloped gradually down to the crossing, just below which there was a wooded,bluff-like hill commanding the
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