| Thursday, October 2, 1862.Harper's
Ferry, VA and General McClellan's Headquarters.
| In morning President and Gen. Sumner review troops at Loudoun
Heights and Maryland Heights. President leaves Harper's Ferry at noon. Arrives
headquarters, Army of Potomac, too late in day to review troops. Occupies tent
for night next to Gen. McClellan's headquarters. Second Cavalry band serenades
President. Lamon, Recollections,
147-48; LL, No. 1277; Boston Advertiser, 3 October 1862; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 3 October 1862, 2d ed., 1:6.
Lincoln tabulates union troops at Antietam, Md., for total of 88,095. Memorandum
on Troops at Antietam, 1-3 October 1862, CW, 5:448. |