. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ents,making five iu all opposed to us. Seeing we were likelyto be outflanked on our right, I directed Lieutenant-Colonel Bragg, of the 6th Wisconsin, to enter the woodon his right and deploy his regiment on the right of the7th. This whs successfully accomplished, while the 19thIndiana, supported by the 2d Wisconsin, deployed, and,swinging around parallel to the turnpike, took theenemy in the flank. Thus the fight continued till longafter dark, Stewart using his guns with good effe
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ents,making five iu all opposed to us. Seeing we were likelyto be outflanked on our right, I directed Lieutenant-Colonel Bragg, of the 6th Wisconsin, to enter the woodon his right and deploy his regiment on the right of the7th. This whs successfully accomplished, while the 19thIndiana, supported by the 2d Wisconsin, deployed, and,swinging around parallel to the turnpike, took theenemy in the flank. Thus the fight continued till longafter dark, Stewart using his guns with good effectover the heads of our own men. My men, with theirammunition nearly exhausted, held all the ground theyhad taken. . The Confederate troops opposed to Meade ap-pear to have been Rodess brigade, of D. H. Hillsdivision, supported by Jenkinss, of D. E. Jonessdivision, while Hatchs advance appears to havebeen resisted by Kempers and Garnetts brigades,of D. R. Joness division, supported by Evanssindependent brigade. Colquitts brigade, of T>. division, held the main turnpike againstGibbon.— CAVALRY SKIRMISHERS. NOTES ON CRAMPTONS GAP AND ANTIETAM. BY \VM. B. FRANKLIN, MAJOR-GENERAL, U. S. V. BETWEEN the 2d and 6th of September, the Sixth Corps remained incamp near Alexandria and collected horses and transportation for ammu-nition and provisions, which were gradually disembarked. On the latterdate it marched to Tenallytown, beyond Georgetown, D. C, crossing thePotomac by the Long Bridge, and beginning the Maryland campaign. Itsdaily marches thereafter, to the date of the battle of Antietam, were regu-lated by orders from General McCleUan, who, in turn, was in direct communi-cation with Washington. It appears from the telegraphic correspondencewhich was carried on between Halleck and McClellan, that while the latterbelieved that General Lees object was the invasion of Pennsylvania, theformer could not divest himself of the notion that Lee was about to play theUnio
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