Antietam etched such names as Bloody Lane and Burnside's Bridge into the pages of American history.
3 The WestWoods Brigadier Generals Isaac R. Trimble's and Alexander R. Lawton's Brigades (Major General Richard Ewell's Division, Thomas J. Jackson's Command) were among the first Confederate troops to stagger into the West Woods on ...
Antietam: The Bloodiest Day
"In early 1862 the war comes within view of the Brannon family farm in Culpeper County, Virginia," affecting the lives of brothers Mac and Will, a new parson in Culpeper, and a budding romance "between the hotheaded Titus and the ...
During the battle that left twenty-six thousand Civil War soldiers dead or wounded, two photographers recorded the grim battlefield scenes, a study of war's carnage that horrified the American public
Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day
The authors have assembled 135 photographs of the Antietam Battlefield taken before, during and after the battle. Included are photos of the Antietam Battlefield today.
That set Stonewall Jackson up for his victory at Harper's Ferry and allowed the rest of Lee's army to escape to Sharpsburg where he would soon have another showdown with General George McClellan and his Army of the Potomac.September 17th, ...
The relative importance of Civil War campaigns is a matter for debate among historians and buffs alike. Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Atlanta have their advocates. Gettysburg certainly maintains its hold on the popular imagination.
George B. McClellan, the annals of Civil War history were immediately scratched in stone. This book covers the time from the moment the plan reached McClellan's hands to the reunion of Lee's army hours later.
Five days later, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This book brings you face-to-face as never before with the people and events that shaped this epic event.
Here, in this essay by Bruce Catton, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, is the story of Antietam, the first, major Civil-War battle fought on Northern soil and the bloodiest single-day clash in American history.