New-York tribune., 1877-09-03

We, Denortn,cnt has recently called upon all living
officers who are known 10 have participated IN par
ticular battles hut whose reports of them are not
on dle to forward them now. In response to such
request. Cen Joseph Hooker has recently sent to
the department the following interesting report OF
the battle of Antietam
REPORT OF THE RATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
GARDEN CITY. l.. l.. y. V, July p, 1877.
Mai-Gen F. D. TOWNSEND, AGjHtOat General Of NE
Army:
GENERAL: on examination Of the Report on the Or
ganizaon and Campaigns OF the ARMY OF the Potomac
fnd some omissions particularly in what relates
70 the Battle Of Anteam and which appears necessary
for me 10 slppy to a full understanding OF that great
battle / should state further. in explanation OF these
important omissions that consider them the result oi
my own relnissnoss I'm not having furn'shed t'e
Commandiuv encra with report OF that battle Weh
called on for by that distinguished officer during MS
preparation Of tie work which is The subject o 'neso IT,
marks.
did MAKE official report Of the battle Wieh cae'
on as wse by the date Of the one suJoheu, "u'
which was not able to complete at the the never nav
ipcsecn that portion Of the eido operations beyond ne
immediate vicinity from where was removed rom IT,
su,scournly I was soon in condition to resume my
dutes with the army ia the field, and IN some way,
my report became mslaid, and was never recovered hu-
IT, few days Nnce IL returned TO me rom "asI-
ington through a clerk in the Treasury Department
whose brother an aide-decamp of mne had entrusted 10
TO his hands for safe keeping without my knowedgemil
required 10y myself. The report Is as follows
HEADQrAurEKs FIRST CoRPs)
AB>iY of 1nE PoIoNAc.
WAsHIHGToS, u. c., Nor. :. lo62.>
Brig-Gen =. WILLIAMS Assisiad AojaiaI'Ge"erat army
Of ne IOfomoc:
GENERAL: ~ dawn the morning following NE h'tte
OF south Mountain. september D. rsrisuns skrlnsncs,
supported hy ais brigade were thrown ipfNHIi Wn'h II
as-r aimed lsi thc cutuiy h.d fallen acb from oar
,..i,. a.. i,'d and ,,..,.le,l is ,.r hands, To-
wards Boousboro, and rom inence ad Ia & u ' r. u 5 -
90 ' i Iri,i' 1r su,lI-r's Corps was ordered TO
pursuit wit mo- other iratiucrous than mot to engage
Ncgutifrr nv Corps were ordered % maFc 81 iiilc
Soage .nl 10 g., & ,., lie Ic,ii-s o. ticsr march nom
- y, ''s ,..o ,.o,'o,- ~ D ,,. ,o.,rr,,g te,I"il-
~ V,.,s,,'.,ti CltH,., t,iov,d ia tie fontsttps ~
picard-on' Eis:c aui soon a,icr tie fills Coi, Ic-
i d,o., U f ,,i in ,,,i,it ~ ib. enemy. Aboa, 10
lSict n n, v,f,I ,,.,. received that ae had made
800 i,... l-nr, t,ic itr.-ous command. As O,n.
EichagisuI without ar.4rty, hc lad U1ti 9Ntu "
section l"m lt,"ilDn' "i" H''' ''.+e"u9 oP'1 '" |
enemy when rracaed 100 tcld.
two Euc,, fpchW,ulF u" t-4 I.@t tg,v,. % ,s,.', 81
OF hs tr1 Ys az cared ,1posouao view, and numbered,
as mary 3D., % i. Of iis ,rcaSncss IN numbers and
moral. di! not feel roug enough attack nlm ln
mont e,.u sff.r tie arrival OF the stc.h Corps. and
II s only .iter the len o the enemy observed a.
break into column aua march the rem OcAfhd forest
MIS- a. ila,.,tlI ol tle engineers spatched uP
the river 90 nI rrl,Gctlle iogs, hy means o. winch
at;..t Zoe mann, ami lu.rbi,, cnt off hs artillery as
eo.u a his uuiu1.fs were sufficiently reduced to Just}
M mo,q,uui hrIl.e Was f0u1d. aud also 40 cords,
% ~ 't. i,iti. ,i an mo bgI,b- was r. C.r,i Iac-
y, 'ie i' 'H' u 'lt a. H. s,, IN, - ..f ~ .r
'''H' ., a. 10 ti,s raar ,gl.. deemed ID zoo ajc jo
mas .r, ID. t,ar IN order 10 cols up Stb t, eueuy,
1a,.r /. g. Iii ln r,l through a. country OF which
yer' ~ ,n,d., IN r4uc
Vac Anil un. .ui al tut enemy .r, ,ly, "it
49,. , f.5i t," m tnc noluur Be-
tT.,n one Ind o',ioca p u tlc day following
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