. The Maryland campaign and the battle of Antietam . y sang a different song—itwas I Wish I Was In Dixie—Dixie-land! Dixie-land! Lack of unity of plan and action, lack of co-operation atcritical times in battle, jealousy on the part of commandingofficers, and bad generalship, made the Maryland Campaignpossible for General Lee. The daily papers in the North printed the news of thebattles fully and almost daily had columns of lists of thekilled, wounded and missing; despondency and gloom—withalmost panic in Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania—pre-vailed throughout the Northern States. The Army of
. The Maryland campaign and the battle of Antietam . y sang a different song—itwas I Wish I Was In Dixie—Dixie-land! Dixie-land! Lack of unity of plan and action, lack of co-operation atcritical times in battle, jealousy on the part of commandingofficers, and bad generalship, made the Maryland Campaignpossible for General Lee. The daily papers in the North printed the news of thebattles fully and almost daily had columns of lists of thekilled, wounded and missing; despondency and gloom—withalmost panic in Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania—pre-vailed throughout the Northern States. The Army of the Po-tomac, though defeated time and time again, was not dis-mayed ; we had lost confidence in many commanding officersbut this was more than compensated for by gain in confidenceby the fighting units—the men behind the guns—whose cour-age and endurance had been tested by sunshine and storm,fatigue of march, at times lack of food and sleep, water unfitfor man or beast to drink, and had been tried-out in the fierce-fires of battle. 10. MAJOR-GENERAL . i M r ( THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
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