From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America

CHAPTER XVI.

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"THE LOST ORDER"--SOUTH MOUNTAIN.

How the Federals found the Despatch--With every Advantage McClellan "made haste slowly"--Lee turns back to meet him at South Mountain--Longstreet preferred that the Stand should be made at Sharpsburg--The Battle at the Pass--Many killed-- General Garland of the Confederate and General Reno of the Union Side--A Future President among the Wounded--Estimate of Forces engaged 212