. Book of the Royal blue . Book of the Royal Blue. rriil-ISHKI) IIV THE Passenger Department of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Vol. III. BALTIMORE, JULY, 1900. No. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. IT was immediately after the llattle of An-tietam that the Kmancipation Proclama-tion was issued. President Ijincoln hadhoped that with the complete defeat of theConfederate forces at this time, there was Prefatory, it may be remarked that < !en-eral Lee had steadily fought his way north-ward through the Shenandoah Valley allthrough the Spring ami Summer of iSCj^, inhis determined effort to enter
. Book of the Royal blue . Book of the Royal Blue. rriil-ISHKI) IIV THE Passenger Department of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Vol. III. BALTIMORE, JULY, 1900. No. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. IT was immediately after the llattle of An-tietam that the Kmancipation Proclama-tion was issued. President Ijincoln hadhoped that with the complete defeat of theConfederate forces at this time, there was Prefatory, it may be remarked that < !en-eral Lee had steadily fought his way north-ward through the Shenandoah Valley allthrough the Spring ami Summer of iSCj^, inhis determined effort to enter Pennsylvania,. lUTiNslUK IIUIDIIE. ANITKTAM- SlIoWISi ai;mv tkain tasslm.;. Pr-iii ..l.! pliiitij^rriipli, pcniiisvioii ..f War |iiirtiiu-iit,) hope also of an early termination of the September, LS()2, the Inion Army ofthe Potomac under the command of Major-• Jeneral i leorge McClellan and the Con-federate .\rmy of \irginia under Cenerali;ol)ert K. Lee fought for supremacy inthat memorable campaign of Maryland. and successfully close in towards? Paltimoreand Washington. With eijual determinationthe Inion forces gradually strengthened tocheck his advance, consequently by Fall, thebulk of both armies were on Marylandssoil near Ilagerstown and Frederick and inthe vicinity of Harpers Ferry. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. Briefly, on September 10th General Leestarted three columns to capture HarpersFerry, succeeding in occupying MarylandHeights in Maryland and Loudon Heights inVirginia,under command of (leneral ThumasJ. Jackson. On September 14th the two battles ofSouth Mountain, 10 miles f
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