he would doddle for five days before he gets his army together at antietam. this is called, by one historian, and amazing intelligence coup, but also an intelligence coup that is eventually squandered, as mcclellan does not move fast enough. the interesting thing about this -- special order 191, before the battle of antietam, appeared in the new york herald. several officers had leaked this intelligence coup to the press. the press went right ahead and wrote about it. this could turn out to be a double intelligence plan for the south, because the south was typically reading new york newspapers. they did not see this article in time to report back to lee, by the way, your plan is sitting on the front page. [laughter] the other failure in this is that mcclellan, while he did believe this was a genuine did anticipate that operational changes take place in any document. we know whenever a battle plan is made, the first time shots are fired, the plan goes out the door. if lee's forces came up to sharpstown, maryland, the operational plan changed a few tweaks and m

at theng and fleeing battle of antietam, and then imprisonment in andersonville.civil war soldiers, the story here is hugely significant. i argue it becomes a redemption narrative for them. what happens to them here, the suffering they experienced. for them, they want that to be as good as fighting at gettysburg. as good as experiencing chancellorsville or vicksburg. yes, they are union veterans and yes, they run the winning side. but they want also be counted as victors, even though they can't show the same battle scars there other comrades could. it's difficult because x pows really weren't seen and perceived as the same as other veterans. this is true not just for the 16th connecticut. i'm really exploring how they cope with the experience, how they wanted the memory to be crafted. this was a lingering issue for them. they came back here, the veterans, many of them in the early 1900s to commemorate the monument to their state. i argue this is really a monument to their regiments. effort,arheaded the they led the state commission, they were mostly manning the mo

he was a core commander in 1862 battle of antietam. he spent 40 years in the army. a major general. but he really had no recent combat experience. he was marching his troops in line and took fire from the woods. and he thought that was friendly fire so he rode over to the , woods. well it wasn't friendly fire. and theyonfederates, shot him down, and he died a day later, so this is major-general mansfield, who was killed at the battle of antietam. for all of you trivial pursuit types. the last fellow is james mcpherson, also a very interesting general. he succeeded sherman in the army of tennessee. which became the right wing of sherman's army in the march to the sea. he was killed at the battle of atlanta, and he is the only union army commander that was killed in combat during the civil war. so a very high-ranking officer. those of you who have been to washington, d.c. might be , familiar with mcpherson square and mcpherson station. they were named after this gentleman. i have a picture -- i have authentic notes of most of these fellows. but the real banknotes i only have pictures

at theng and fleeing battle of antietam, and then imprisonment in andersonville.re is hugely significant. i argue it becomes a redemption narrative for them. what happens to them here, the suffering they experienced. for them, they want that to be as good as fighting at gettysburg. as good as experiencing chancellorsville or vicksburg. yes, they are union veterans and yes, they run the winning side. but they want also be counted as victors, even though they can't show the same battle scars there other comrades could. it's difficult because x pows really weren't seen and perceived as the same as other veterans. this is true not just for the 16th connecticut. i'm really exploring how they cope with the experience, how they wanted the memory to be crafted. this was a lingering issue for them. they came back here, the veterans, many of them in the early 1900s to commemorate the monument to their state. i argue this is really a monument to their regiments. effort,arheaded the they led the state commission, they were mostly manning the monument commission. one of their