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James P. Reger. The bluff from which most were firing rose one hundred feet over the span . Tall oak trees offered Southern sharpshooters ... Brigadier General Robert Toombs commanded this meager yet determined force of Southerners .
The Antietam and its Bridges. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1910. Herdegen, Lance J. The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name. Bloomington, IN: University Press, 1997. Hewitt, Lawrence Lee, and Arthur W. Bergeron Jr., ...
In comic book format, describes the first major battle of the Civil War to take place on Northern soil.
This title covers the Civil War's deadliest one-day battle, discussing the critical elements of strategy, tactics, and leadership that led to a Union victory.Gripping narrative text, historic photographs, and primary sources make the book ...
In this book, it is hoped that the reader will come away with a better understanding of the opposing forces, the Sharpsburg community, the horrible aftermath of the battle and the history of the formation of the battlefield park"--Page 13.
Describes the events surrounding the bloody confrontation between Union and Confederate troops in the Maryland countryside on September 17, 1862.
Finally, on April 12, 1861, Southern forces bombed Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Over the next four years, many bloody battles were fought, but none more terrible than the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.