CHAPTER XVIII.

BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG, OR ANTIETAM.

Bloodiest Single Day of the War--Comparison of Casualties-- Hooker opens the Fight against Jackson's Centre--Many Officers among the Fallen early in the Day--McLaws and Walker in time to meet Sumner's Advance under Sedgwick--Around Dunker Chapel-- Richardson's Splendid Advance against the Confederate Centre the Signal of the Bursting of another Storm--Longstreet's and D. H. Hill's Troops stood before it--Fall of General G. B. Anderson--General Richardson mortally wounded--Aggressive Spirit of his Command broken--Wonderful Cannon-shot--General D. H. Hill's Third Horse killed under him 239