From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America
CHAPTER XVI.
"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