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Paragraph 4 is correct as far as it goes; but General McClellan tells us he lost in killed, wounded and missing in the battles of South mountain, Crampton's gap and Antietam near 15,000 men.

Paragraph 5 mistakes the total number of troops engaged by McClellan for the total strength of his army present with him.

McClellan states that he had 87,164 men actually in battle at Antietam—and we know he had one corps which did not fire a shot.

Paragraph 6 is very wide of the mark indeed, and we will sum up from the best evidence attainable the whole forces of Lee's army engaged on the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of September, 1862, and we challenge Mr. Curtis to disprove the accuracy of this statement:

On the 14th, D. H. Hill, with less than 10,000 men, held McClellandMcClellan [sic]'s army in check all day.

On the 15th, Stonewall Jackson, with 9,793 Confederates, captured over 11,000 Federals, more than 70 cannon, several thousand horses, and all of their small arms, colors and equipments!

On the 15th, Lee took position at Sharpsburg, with 17,460