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Title: Robert E. Lee, man and soldier
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922
Subjects: Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Publisher: New York, Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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gone withhim. Circling Harpers Ferry, he rounded up the troopsat Martinsburg, drove them into Harpers Ferry,which he had already invested on the north and east,and then, following them, proceeded to reduce theplace with such success that on the morning of the15th, after a fierce bombardment, he had the satisfac-tion of seizing the town—the white flag being hoisted atthe moment his infantry was forming for the assault.By this capture he took 12,500 men, 13,000 small arms,73 pieces of artillery, and some hundreds of wagons.Having accomplished this feat in accordance withLees plans, and waiting only to fill his mens haver-sacks, he set out to join Lee, lying in front of McClel-lans army, which, as stated, had stormed and carriedthe gaps of the South Mountains in front of him theevening before. They marched all night, forded thePotomac and, while McClellan paltered and reconnoitredand waited to get his whole great army through thepasses of the South Mountain, they limped on to the field
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The Field of the Antietam ANTIETAM AND CHANCELLORSVILLE 229 on the morning of the 16th Hke a weary pack after akilhng chase and added 11,000 worn but victorioustroops to the 15,000 or 16,000 men whom McClellansimagination had magnified into a great army. Thir-teen thousand men of Lees army were still at HarpersFerry, and every hour of delay was precious for him. The passes of the South Mountain having been car-ried while Jackson was closing in on Harpers Ferry,twenty miles away. General Lee on the night of the 14thwithdrew his army across Antietam Creek and assumeda position which he thought stronger, along a range ofhills on the east side of the Hagerstown Turnpike, withhis right resting on Antietam Creek and his left refusedacross the turnpike some three miles to the northward,this turnpike being a line of communication betweenthe two wings by which he could support either whenhard pressed. His position was a strong one for defence.The ridge on which he lay faced the Antietam lying

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