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| Keywords: A Crucial Delay by Captain James Hope.jpg en A Crucial Delay-Early afternoon looking west across Burnside Bridge With only a small force but holding higher ground Lee's men were able to defend this crucial Antietam Crossing for nearly three hours Union General Ambrose Burnside's men launched a series of attacks to break the bottleneck at the bridge About 1 p m the Confederates outflanked outnumbered and running low on ammunition began to retreat The Yankees stormed the bridge finally crossing Antietam Creek This painting shows Union Reinforcements crossing the bridge in preparation for the final advance However the time taken to cross and resupply the troops provided Lee with the opportunity to bring his final reserved on the field and turn back Burnside's attack thus ending the bloody day http //www nps gov/anti/photosmultimedia/hopepaintings htm eid 101853 root_aId 30 Hope Paintings at nps gov Captain James Hope d 1892 circa 1862 1892 PD-art Battle of Antietam Burnside's Bridge Paintings of the American Civil War | ||||
