. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . ays later Harpers Ferry, with 11,583 Unionists, ]2) guns, andimmense quantities of war munitions, was surrendered to Stonewall , with80,000 men at-tacked Lee, postedwith 70,000 on aridgfe facincr Antie-tam Creek. Thisdetermined battle•ended in Lees de-feat and lost2010 men killed,9416 wounded, and1043 missing; atotal of 12,469. Leelost 1842 killed,9399 wounded, and2292 missing ; to-tal Thisis regarded as thebloodiest day in thehistor) of is littledoubt that had Mc-Clellan f
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . ays later Harpers Ferry, with 11,583 Unionists, ]2) guns, andimmense quantities of war munitions, was surrendered to Stonewall , with80,000 men at-tacked Lee, postedwith 70,000 on aridgfe facincr Antie-tam Creek. Thisdetermined battle•ended in Lees de-feat and lost2010 men killed,9416 wounded, and1043 missing; atotal of 12,469. Leelost 1842 killed,9399 wounded, and2292 missing ; to-tal Thisis regarded as thebloodiest day in thehistor) of is littledoubt that had Mc-Clellan followedup his magnificentvictory he couldhave entered Rich-mond. Here washis mistake; butthis did not justifythe Government in retiring him as it did. Surely McClellans great victory entided him to thefurther command ; but the opposition, especially that of Secretary Stanton, wastoo powerful, and he was retired. General Burnside, having succeeded McClellan, assailed Lee at Fredericks-burg, December 13th, but was disastrously beaten. His loss was 1152 GENERAL ROBERT EDMUND LEE. •142 THE STORY OF AMERICA. 9101 wounded, 3234 missing; total, 13,771. The Confederate loss was about5000. General Burnside was relieved in favor of General Hooker in January,1863, who—having received reinforcements until his army amounted to 100,000infantry, 13,000 cavalry, and 10,000 artillery—assumed the offensive against Leeon May 2d, 1863, at Chancellorsville, but was terribly defeated. He lost 17,197men. His defeat was due to a brilliant rear and flank movement executed byStonewall Jackson, who thus demolished the Eleventh Corps but was himselfslain. Jacksons death might well be regarded as an irreparable disaster to theConfederate cause. Lee, with nearly 100,000 men, again marched northward, taking 4000prisoners at Winchester. He was overtaken, July ist, by the Union army,numbering 100,000, now under the command of General George G. Meade, atGettysburg; where a gallknt and bloody ba
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