September 6, 1862 Voices

"It was a hard march.  The men were falling out of the ranks all along the road.  I fell out about a mile behind the regiment and slept on the porch of a house."

Albert A. Pope September 6, 1862

Lt Albert A. Pope of the 35th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry  describes the march on September 6, 1862. From  "Who Would Not Be A Soldier?" by Scott D. Hartwig. The Antietam Campaign. Ed. Gary Gallagher  Chapel Hill:  The University of North Carolina Press,  1999. page 148.

"Maryland, from her eastern shore to the Blue Ridge, is throbbing with the hope of early deliverance, and sits uneasy in her chains."

Charleston Mercury.  September 6 1862

A Charleston Editor on the issue of Maryland awaiting liberation.  From "Maryland Our Maryland." by William A. Blair. The Antietam Campaign, Ed. Gary Gallagher Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. page 89