. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUS. CO. A CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY WRECK AT ANTIETAM A TRAGEDY OF THE TREMENDOUS CANNONADE WHY LEE DID NOT RENEW THE BATTLE Thr Iiattery-horses lie dead beside the shattered caissons and the litter of corn-cobs where, only a few hours before, they had munchedat their last meal. The heavy loss to Lees artillery in horses, caissons, and guns affected his decision not to renew the battle. Fromresearches of Henderson, the British military historian,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUS. CO. A CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY WRECK AT ANTIETAM A TRAGEDY OF THE TREMENDOUS CANNONADE WHY LEE DID NOT RENEW THE BATTLE Thr Iiattery-horses lie dead beside the shattered caissons and the litter of corn-cobs where, only a few hours before, they had munchedat their last meal. The heavy loss to Lees artillery in horses, caissons, and guns affected his decision not to renew the battle. Fromresearches of Henderson, the British military historian, it appears that on the morning of September 18, 1802, after the roar of Antietambad lied away, General Lee sent for Colonel Stephen 1). Lee, and told him to report to General Jackson. They rode together to thetop of a hill on which lay wrecked caissons, broken wheels, human corpses, and dead horses. Their view overlooked the Federalright. Can you take fifty pieces of artillery and crush that force- asked General Jackson. Colonel Lee gazed earnestly at theserried Union lines, bristling with guns unlimbered and ready for a
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