Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sharpsburg” in chapter 37 of Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them.:
...am about starting with the pursuit and must close this. . . . If I can believe one-tenth of what is reported, God has seldom given an army a greater victory than this. . . .
Telegram — Near Sharpsburg , Sept. 16, 1862, 7 A. M.--Have reached thus far, and have no doubt delivered Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Army in excellent spirits.
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