...Then he turns and speaks very slowly: "Tell General Burnside tliis is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send him Sliller's battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry." Then, as the messenger was riding away,...

...western sky, and then said slowly : " Tell General Burnside this is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send...battery. I can do nothing, more. I have no infantry." When the mes senger was riding away, he called him back. " Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then...

...Then he turns and speaks very slowly : " Tell General Burnside this is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send...riding away, he called him back. " Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then the bridge, to the last man ! — always the bridge ! If the bridge is...

...he turns and speaks very slowly : " Tell Gen. Burnside that this is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send him Miller's battery. ..."... The sun is already down ; not half-an-hour of daylight is left. . . . None suspected how near...

...turns and speaks very slowly : " Tell Gen. Burnside that this is the battle of the war. He must hokl his ground till dark at any cost. I will send him Miller's battery. ..."... The sun is already down ; not half-an-hour of daylight is left. . . . None suspected how near...

...overlooking the west bank of the Antietam. He requested reinforcements from McClellan, who told him, "I will send him Miller's battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry. . r ,,?^ McClellan did not understand that victory was nearly his. He still had two Corps in reserve,...

...overlooking the west bank of the Antietam. He requested reinforcements from McClellan, who told him, "I will send him Miller's battery. I can do nothing more. I have no . r ,,?^ infantry. McClellan did not understand that victory was nearly his. He still had two Corps...