The world: historical and actual . to any lackof soldierly qualities. It was now Lees turnto assume a still moredecidedly aggressive attitude. Not content with push-ing the enemy to the wall, he moved into Maryland,intending to strike Baltimore and minor battles were fought, and September17 came the great battle of Antietam. The Con-federates under Lee numbered 00,000 ; the Federals,under McClellan, who was given one more oppor- tunity to fail, numbered 90,000. Three days before,Harpers Ferry had fallen into the hands of theConfederates and the battles of South Mountain (inw
The world: historical and actual . to any lackof soldierly qualities. It was now Lees turnto assume a still moredecidedly aggressive attitude. Not content with push-ing the enemy to the wall, he moved into Maryland,intending to strike Baltimore and minor battles were fought, and September17 came the great battle of Antietam. The Con-federates under Lee numbered 00,000 ; the Federals,under McClellan, who was given one more oppor- tunity to fail, numbered 90,000. Three days before,Harpers Ferry had fallen into the hands of theConfederates and the battles of South Mountain (inwhich the gallant Reno fell), and of Craptons Gapwere both ar-mies wereeager for adecisive vic-tory. Fight-ing Joe Hooker be-gan the firingat daybreak,when Stone-wall Jacksonswept hiscorps fromoff the himself being wounded. All day the firingwas kept up. Both sides claimed a victory. It wasa substantial triumph for the Federals, for Leeabandoned for a time his aggressive policy and retired up the Shenandoah. AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE.
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