, 1877-09-14
HOOkER'S hNTlETAM REPORT,

10 &h3 fsAt4AF " 4H* 4Fau&H*t
CHICAGO, Sept Ill have not been waiting
for n1,y Que tito reytcw Jos Hooker" hut WAS
tempted when 1 read your important extract
from. his report to give an answer to your sur
gcsttou that Il was incumbent upon Gen. Nc
Clcllan to explain why tho attack wss not made
simultaneously on tic whole Rebel liuo ut tho
battle Of Anttttam,
burnside Wa ordered to attack the Rebel
right at the satue t.ue Hooker was tho left,
and had he done 80 Antietam wonll have PROV.
cd greater victory than the Army OF the t'uto-
mac ever won. Ifoukor's command fought In
daylight enough 70 TIL Rcbei fsom u true.
DuTustlu did not move It'll altcruoun, although
ordered to do 80 simultaneously with HoukeE,
aud when hs did advances ho encountered tho
balance Of atonewull Jackson's corps cutnin+.
from Harper's Ferry. Wlcrs u bad iwen to gob-
bic Col. Altles' command, which 1t Ind ,l0na
very efIectually. The uulJ rrasan evcr lcar1l-
81 That buEnsias gave for bus deiav was that
which sounds Too much like a buy commanding
SNOWFALL brigade.
That tue.ubcr at tho old First Corps who says
III NJ aFtlcio In sunday's TjMes that Gen. lt0ok-
sessc. uo greater admiration for Gen, Mcclellan
tlau ! 40, and II hs-AicCIellan-ha4l lla4l an
other Joe Hooker commanding tho Ninth Corps
un tale tA0rnlhK OF thu l7th of September, l5tt,,
tlo ol4 ftFst would not ouly hare driven ths
has sal1 1t would have done had hu not been
wounded, but tho whole ltcbel army woull
tMya either surrendered or goau Il, TIC same
walcry pathway. I 1aya not read 9Th.
llooArt's rspoTt In full, but do not
~ - - Ths!e!n .h {1ur published extract fails
proud VI IT, record II that tattle, |r1ul Of Guu.
llnoker ~ it, contnandcr, ani pr.ud of Tic III
d.yilual rart Which took ~ tho oosnrale on
my tsnnedlale right whs wounded an,4 the oau
on NY left killed, showing wxs Whrro service
cuult 10 rendered.
Jos llooktr may he N ''ald fool i" now
fifteen years ago on that oycptful tnorung
waeu W. SAW htul little IN alvaucu mud to uuf
right, mounted on the historical white horse,
standing gu uptoe l the s.irrups and pouring
over the knoll lu fr,'nt " discover
tho disposition Ut tlu Rebel forcea. II was
probably thea thai he sax "thu llus VI bEtst-
lug bayoness tn the eornhci,," for tn hiss than
ten minutes thereafter We were fighting in that
sa1ne cofntlelu, aud the batteries ware thunder-
tug gu our right In tho same position a4 hls
port plaees them. Three days later t!le cu1n-
aetd was t4to sIckenIng sight u dwell upon.
Your published exsracto Ut the EcpeEal'&sep1tt
agrees exactly with the facts 81 far ~ ono IN thu
ranks hata IN opportunity TO GbsuFVe, nil1 tho
aAoya views upon the battle iu geueeal arc fully
justified BY ten. alrClcllan's report pub
ltslled by CopKresa In tho wlutcr Ut tS}-4, autl
BY tho Count d. faFis' History Of tho Civil War
tn Americx- History should not fsll to credit
tho !ack VI complete &uIs4s for the Federal
q Burnside, who uaay haYs besh nbaa u endure
tha aieKa u Knoxville, or explode m!nu ss1
sAGE!hte culorel division, hut who proved
wholly Incompetent to play end man with ~
able General - Fighting Jos Hooker.
ANOTHER MxAu1A os His CoHfs-