Against this is to be said that McClellan, as usual, greatly
overestimated the strength of his opponent, and that the Con-
federate reports of casualties showed a much smaller number.
On the other hand, McClellan's report of his own casualties,
compiled on September 29th, shows only 59 greater than the
revised returns of later date, indicating that data showing
results of the battle was tabulated with considerable care.
It is not unfair, probably, to conclude that the numbers of
killed and wounded, on both sides, were nearly equal. Among
the Confederate casualties, Generals Starke, French, G. B. An-
derson, Branch and Garland were killed; the latter at Tur-
ner's Gap, on the 14th; and Generals Wright, Lawton and
R. H. Anderson were wounded.
There is almost no mention in Confederate reports of pris-
oners or arms lost, but McClellan stated, in the report to
which reference is heretofore made, that he had taken, in the
battles at Antietam, Turner's Gap and Crampton's Gap, 39
colors, upward of 15,000 small arms, 13 cannon, and more than
6,000 prisoners. It must be considered, of course, that these
captures were more than offset by the losses entailed by the
surrender of Harper's Ferry, an event in the same series.
In order to name the victor in the battle of Antietam the
number of men engaged on each side must first be considered.
