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    MAC AT THE FRONT

    Nov 17, 2020 4 minutes

    Steven Stotelmyer’s account of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan “on the move” at Antietam in the October 2020 issue calls for a bit of updating.

    On September 17, McClellan posted at the Pry House only briefly. As the fighting advanced, McClellan shifted to 5th Corps headquarters near the John Ecker House, just south of the Middle Bridge and almost due east of Sharpsburg.

    McClellan left there twice. First, crossing Antietam Creek in the afternoon to counsel the demoralized Maj. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner. Second, a late-day start toward Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside to counsel him, but he was intercepted by Burnside’s courier. McClellan sent the courier back with the edict,

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