more?"
There was sadness, but not discouragement. It was the welling up of affection, the return of sweet recollections, which neither hardship, suffering, privation, or long absence could efface. They loved home, but they loved the old flag better. Missed at home? Ah! how sadly!
[CHAPTER XIII.]
AFTER THE BATTLE.
The army commanded by General Lee in the battle, according to Pollard, the Southern historian, numbered seventy thousand. General McClellan states in his report that it was ninety-seven thousand. His estimate was made up from information obtained from deserters, spies, and prisoners:—
| Jackson's corps, | 24,778 |
| Longstreet's corps, | 23,342 |
| D. H. Hill, | 15,525 |
| Stuart, | 6,400 |
| Ransom and Jenkins, | 3,000 |
| Detached regiments, | 18,400 |
| Artillery, 400 guns, | 6,000 |
| ——— | |
| 97,445 |
General McClellan's forces were:—
| 1st | corps, | Hooker's, | 14,856 |
| 2d | " | Sumner's, | 18,813 |
| 5th | " | Porter's, | 12,930 |
| 6th | " | Franklin's, | 12,300 |
| 9th | " | Burnside's | 13,819 |
| 12th | " | Mansfield's, | 10,126 |
| Cavalry, | 4,320 | ||
| ——— | |||
| 87,164 |