5,000 26
Walker's Division. 3,500 12

Stuart:
Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade.
Munford's Brigade. 2,500 4

Reserve Artillery 1,000 26
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25,500 134

On the far side of the Potomac the Shepherdstown Ford was protected
by the remainder of the reserve artillery, with an infantry escort;
but so small was the force whose retreat was thus secured that nearly
every man was required in the fighting-line. Except the divisions of
Hood and Walker, 5500 men all told, there was no immediate reserve.

But at daybreak on the 17th the troops which had been left at
Harper's Ferry were rapidly coming up. McLaws and Anderson, who had
started before midnight, were already nearing the Potomac; Hampton's
cavalry brigade was not far behind, and orders had been dispatched to
A.P. Hill. But could these 13,000 bayonets be up in time-before
Hooker and Mansfield received strong support, or before the Burnside
Bridge was heavily attacked? The question was indeed momentous. If
the Federals were to put forth their whole strength without delay,
bring their numerous artillery into action, and press the battle at
every point, it seemed hardly possible that defeat could be averted.
McClellan, however, who had never yet ventured on a resolute
offensive, was not likely, in Lee's judgment, to assault so strong a
position as that held by the Confederates with whole-hearted energy,
and it was safe to calculate that his troops would be feebly handled.
Yet the odds were great. Even after the arrival of the absent
divisions' no more than 35,000 infantry, 4000 cavalry, and 194 guns
would be in line, and the enemy's numbers were far superior.

(* Men Guns
A.P. Hill's Division 5,000 18
McLaws' Division 4,500 24
B.H. Anderson's Division 3,500 18
Hampton's Cavalry Brigade 1,500 --
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14,500 60 )

McClellan had called in Franklin from Rohrersville, and his muster
roll was imposing.

Men Guns

First Corps--Hooker 14,856 40
Second Corps--Sumner 18,813 42
Fifth Co