. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . ports of the secret service organization, accepted at headquarters,given to the War Department at Washington as a reason for incessant demandsof reenforcements, and permeating downward through the whole organizationtill the error was accepted as truth by officers and men, and became a factorin their morale which can hardly be over-estimated. The result was that Leeretreated unmolested on the night of the 18th, and that what might have beena re
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . ports of the secret service organization, accepted at headquarters,given to the War Department at Washington as a reason for incessant demandsof reenforcements, and permeating downward through the whole organizationtill the error was accepted as truth by officers and men, and became a factorin their morale which can hardly be over-estimated. The result was that Leeretreated unmolested on the night of the 18th, and that what might have beena real and decisive success was a drawn battle in which our chief claim tovictory was the possession of the field. The Ninth Corps occupied its position on the heights west of the Antietamwithout further molestation, except an irritating picket firing, till the Confed-erate army retreated. But the position was one in which no shelter from theweather could be had; nor could any cooking be done; and the troops wereshort of rations. Late in the afternoon of Thursday, MorelPs division of THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. 6sQ 4 \ 1* ,: k ivVvl \iM f j^^^^^^gg fe^gg. ; . MILKMAN \NH 11:1 -HTM AT FIMM A PHOTi )i 1 HAlll Virginia, and n- eoinmunieatod to tin- army officiallyon September 24th, On October 1st President Lincoln visited the army tosee for himself if it was in no condition to pursue Leeinto Virginia. General McClellan says in his general re-port : His Excellency the President honored the. Armyof the Potomac with a visit, and remained several days,during which he went through the different encamp-ments, reviewed the troops, and went over the bat-tle-fields of South Mountain and Antietam. I had theopportunity during this visit to describe to him the oper-ations of the army since the time it left Washington, andgave him my reasons for not following the enemy afterhe crossed the Potomac. In MeClellans < rwn story he says that the President •• more than onc
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