. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . accepted the hour named by me,for I should have been answerable for any delay inexecution after that time. But he believed heknew the time at which the order came to him uponthe hill-top overlooking the field, and no officer inthe whole army has a better established reputa-tion for candor and freedom from any wish toavoid full personal responsibility for his acts. Itwas not till quite lately that I saw a copy of his re-port or learned its contents, although I enjoyed hispersonal f
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . accepted the hour named by me,for I should have been answerable for any delay inexecution after that time. But he believed heknew the time at which the order came to him uponthe hill-top overlooking the field, and no officer inthe whole army has a better established reputa-tion for candor and freedom from any wish toavoid full personal responsibility for his acts. Itwas not till quite lately that I saw a copy of his re-port or learned its contents, although I enjoyed hispersonal friendship down to the time of his was content to have stated the fact as he knewit, and did not feel the need of debating it. Sev-eral circumstances have satisfied me that his accu-racy in giving the hour was greater than my preliminary report (dated October16th, 1S62) explicitly states that the order toBurnside to attack was communicated to him at10 oclock a. ji. This exact agreement with Gen-eral Burnside would ordinarily be conclusive initself.—J. D. C. --■ THE BATTLE OF ANTIETA. pace -i b rse. ~D a iel -ebster. which, on account of tlie difficulty of keeping::-: inown to tie staff as -that devil Dan.—Evn> r;. this view that the hour was 10 a. m. I have mentioned the hill above theBumside Bridge where Burnside took hi* position, and to which I wentcter the preliminary orders for the- day had been issued. There I remaineduntil the rd : attack came, anxiously watching what we could see at theright, and noting the effe it : the fire of the heavy guns of Benjaminsbattery. From that point we could see nothing that occurred beyond the Dunker Church, for the East and TTest Woods, with farni-houses and orchards between. made an impenetrabl- - in. But as the morning wore on we saw lines of >ps advancing from our right upon the other >ide of the Antietam, and - ; the enemy etv ten us and the East Wood. The Confederate lines _ them now - into view
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