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famous town of Sharpsburg.
Signs of the bloody battle fought there in September, 1862, between Generals Lee and McClellan were everywhere visible.
Great holes, made by cannon-balls and shells, were to be seen in the houses and chimneys, and trees, fences and houses showed countless marks made by innumerable minie-balls.
I took a very refreshing bath in Antietam creek, upon whose banks we bivouacked.
Memories of scores of army comrades and childhood's friends, slain on the banks of this stream, came before my mind, and kept away sleep for a long while.
The preservation of such an undesirable union of States is not worth the life of a single Southerner lost on that memorable battle-field.
Lieutenant John Fletcher, of my company, and Captain Tucker, commanding Twelfth Alabama, were killed at Sharpsburg.
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