[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Great Battle: Terrific Fighting for Two Days – 2
A Glorious Victory: Dreadful Carnage on Both Sides – 2-3
The Reverse at Harper’s Ferry: Three Days’ Hard Fighting – 3-8
Recapture of Harper’s Ferry: The Place in Possession of Gen. Burnside – 8
An Attack on Charleston: Preliminary Bombardment of Fort Sumter by our Gunboats – 8
Frightful Explosion: One of the Buildings of the United States Arsenal at Pittsburgh Blown Up – 8
Urgent Call for Surgeons – 8
News from Washington: Important Order to Medical Inspectors – 8-10
The Battle of Sunday: Further List of Killed and Wounded – 10
The Indian War: Fort Abercrombie Attacked – 10-11
Editorial: The Great Battle of the War – 11
Editorial: The Surrender of Harper’s Ferry – 11-12
Editorial: Drafting – North and South – 12
Editorial: Rebel Designs West of the Mississippi – 12-13
News of the Day: The Rebellion – 13
General News – 13
Amusements this Evening – 13

[rdl6989]

I’ve always been fascinated by the story of the Lost Order. We may never know who lost it, or if it ever reached D. H. Hill. The courier was supposed to get a signature on the envelope and return it to Lee’s headquarters, but apparently the envelope was never signed for.

[BroJoeK]

"Yesterday" was the single bloodiest day in American history, Antietam / Sharpsburg, Maryland, an Union strategic victory:

Maryland 1861-'62 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
April 19	Baltimore Riots, MD	MA 6th, PA 26th vs secessionist crowd	4 Union soldiers killed, 12 civilians killed, hundreds wounded	USA
Jan 5-6, 1862	Hancock, MD	Union PA infantry (Lander ~2,000) & Confederate Stonewall Brigade (Jackson ~2,800)	~25 total	Inconclusive
Sep 14	South Mountain, MD	Union Army of the Potomac (McClellan, Burnside ~28,000), Confederate Army of N VA (RE Lee, AP Hill ~18,000)	Union 2,325-total (443-killed), Confederates 2,685-total (325-killed)	USA (fort held)
Sep 17	Antietam/Sharpsburg, MD	Union Army of the Potomac (McClellan, ~87,000), Confederate Army of N VA (RE Lee, ~38,000)	Union 12,140-total (2,108-killed), Confederates 7,752-total (1,018-killed)	USA

The war's 146th engagement, it increased total casualties to 223,000 including 26,000 killed in action.

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of September 17, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	2	2	1	5
Virginia	7	25	11	43
North Carolina	5	1	0	6
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	3	1	0	4
Tennessee	5	3	1	9
Arkansas	4	0	1	5
Georgia	1	0	0	1
Mississippi	1	1	0	2
Total Engagements in CSA	29	33	14	76

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	3	0	1	4
West Virginia	9	3	2	14
Missouri	12	12	1	24
New Mexico	5	8	0	13
Kentucky	4	6	2	12
Oklahoma	0	3	0	3
Total Engagements in Union	33	31	6	70
Total Engagements to date	62	64	20	146