Address of Ex-Governor Bradford

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Excerpt from Address of Ex-Governor Bradford: At the Dedication of the Antietam National Cemetery, September 17th, 1867Confederate historians and newspapers in those days, however, under certain circumstances, they might at times, have attempted to deceive us by an in¿ated account of their military power, were by no means given to such an exaggeration, when the battle was over and they were summing up its incidents, yet a leading newspaper at Richmond, professing to give, four days afterward, authentic particulars of the battle, declared that it was Opened on the l6th of September with all their available force, strong. A later, and looking to the means of information enjoyed, probably a still more reliable authority, a Confederate historian who has published a Southern History of the War, in describing the battle of Antietam, states that for half the day it was fought on the Confederate side with aforce of 45 and Dfor the remaining half, with no more than an aggregate of men. I think, therefore, that the discrepancies in the Confederate accounts of their force have been the result of the different periods of the action to which they have severally referred, some having regard to the time that preceded the arrival of, their divisions from the neighborhood of the ferry, and others including these divisions in their state - ments. All. Things, therefore, considered, and allowing for that portion of our force that could not take part in the aotion, there could not have been much difference in the effective strength of the two armies, but if such a difference did exist.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.