CHAPTER XX.

REVIEW OF THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN.

Confederate Expectations--General Lee's Salutatory to the People of Maryland--The "Lost Despatch"--McClellan's Movements--Turn in the Tide of War--A Miracle great as the throwing down of the Walls of Jericho--In Contempt of the Enemy the Confederate Army was dispersed--Harper's Ferry a "Man-Trap"--It diverted the Army from the Main Issue--Lee and McClellan compared and contrasted--Tribute to the Confederate Private Soldier 279