"We May Never Meet Again"

"We May Never Meet Again". . A few days before the battle, bidding farewell to a friend, Union General Mansfield said: , "We may never meet again.", Brigadier General , William E. Starke, C.S.A. , He led the counterattack that helped stop the first Union attack down the Hagerstown Pike. He was hit by three bullets and died within the hour., Brigadier General , George B. Anderson, C.S.A. , His brigade was posted in the Sunken Road - Bloody Lane. His ankle wound did not seem serious, but he died October 16 at age 31., Brigadier General , Isaac P. Rodman, U.S.A. , During the last Union attack, between Lower Bridge and Sharpsburg, Rodman saw the Confederate counterattack coming and galloped ahead to warn his leading regiments. He was killed by a bullet in the chest., Major General , Joseph K.F. Mansfield, U.S.A. , At age 59, two days before the Battle of Antietam, he was finally given a combat command. He was wounded as he prepared to lead his corps out of the East Woods into the Cornfield. Carried to the rear, he died a short time later., Major General , Israel B. Richardson, U.S.A. , Richardson was a division commander in the Union Second Corps attacking the Sunken Road. Trying to organize the attack that might well have won the battle, he was wounded by a shell burst. He died November 3., Brigadier General , Lawrence O'Brien Branch, C.S.A. , Branch was with the Confederates that Rodman tried to stop. He was shot and killed as his men pursued the Union troops toward Lower Bridge.