The sun was already hidden by the lofty slopes of the western mountains, and there would be no battle that day.

In another half hour full darkness would be upon them.
But Dick felt that something had been achieved.

A powerful Union force was now beyond the Antietam, with its feet rooted firmly in the soil of the peninsula.

It looked directly south at the Confederate army and there was no barrier between.

Lee would have to face at once, Hooker on the north and McClellan on the east across the Antietam.