but did lee lose sordid mclellan barely win? how did you concludes responsibility and blame for what happened on september 17? >> mcclellan was convinced convinced, he was afraid to win was essentially it. there is a letter that he wrote, i made a copy of it, to his wife, one day after the battle, september 18. 8:00 a.m. if they had a terrible battle and lee is still there and has not left the battlefield they are expecting the battle to be renewed. and says we fought yesterday a terrible flap day's battle and it continued 14 hours. the fighting on both sides was superb. the general result was in our favor to say we gained a great deal of ground. it was a success or a decided victory depends on what occurs today. i hope god has given us a great success because we're all in contempt to the bid and has the interesting sentence, those in whose judgment i rely tell me i thought the battle splendidly and it was a masterpiece of art. this is the most revealing letter i think mclellan ever wrote to and obviously will not follow up what