. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . Ferry, while with the other ]iart of the armyhe himself advanced on Hagerstown. General McClellan,who slowly and with caution was following Lees movements,found at Frederick, ]\ld., a dispatch from Lee to General Hill, which had been dropped in the latters disclosed to him Lees entire plan of campaign and thedivision of his army. With more than his usual promptness,McClellan threw himself (on 14 September), upon Turners(Boonsl)oro) and (^ram])tons Gaps. These were stubbornl
. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . Ferry, while with the other ]iart of the armyhe himself advanced on Hagerstown. General McClellan,who slowly and with caution was following Lees movements,found at Frederick, ]\ld., a dispatch from Lee to General Hill, which had been dropped in the latters disclosed to him Lees entire plan of campaign and thedivision of his army. With more than his usual promptness,McClellan threw himself (on 14 September), upon Turners(Boonsl)oro) and (^ram])tons Gaps. These were stubbornlylield till next day, when Lee fell back to Sharpsburg. For-tunately for Lee, Harpers Ferry surrendered with 12,000prisoners early on the morning of the 15th, releasing the be-sietiina, force. Of these. Walkers Division, with Jackson Sharpsburg (or Antietam), 73 himself, rejoined Lee north of the Potomac, at Sharpsburg,on the afternoon of the 16th. Me Laws and A. P. Hill joinedhim there during the battle on the 17th—McLaws at 9 a. m.,and A. P. Hill at 3 p. m.—and each just in time to prevent. SHARPSBURG AND VICINITY. the destruction of the army. With 87,000 men in line, asagainst Lees 3.),000, General McClellan should have cap-tured the (.onfederate army, for lighting with the river at itsback any ors o]iposed to him. He telegraphedto President Liiu-ohi (hiring the battle that Lee had 95,000men. Had he known that in truth Lee had only 27,000 menwhen the battle opened, the history of the war and GeneralMcClellans fortunes would have been essentially different. 74 North Carolina Troops, 1861-65. During- the battle General McClellan telegraphed PresidentLincoln one of the greatest, and probably the great
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