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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.12 (search)
The battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg. [from the Baltimore, Md., sun, September 16—October 18, 1908.] Reminiscences of Jackson's Old Division by Captain James M. Garnett and Alexander Hunter, with Comments by Alex. Robert Chisholm. Numbers against General Lee—An estimate that he had but 35,000 or 36,000 in the Conflict—Hungry men fought bravely. The approaching anniversary of the battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam creek, recalls vividly to mind the incidents of that battle. It may the command of the division after the stunning of General Jones by a shell and the death of General Starke, commanding the Louisiana brigade. Taking Post near Sharpsburg. After crossing the Potomac at Boteler's ford, on the afternoon of September 16, Tuesday, this division was marched to the extreme left, through Sharpsburg and the woods around the Dunkard Church on the Hagerstown turnpike, and took position in an open field to the left of the turnpike and in front of these woods; that is<