Landscape turned red: the Battle of Antietam

The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1852, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: On this single day, the battle claimed nearly 23,000 causalities. In ... [this book the author] draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to rec...

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Main Author: Sears, Stephen W. 1932- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. Houghton Mifflin Co. 2003
Edition:First Mariner Books edition
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Summary:The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1852, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: On this single day, the battle claimed nearly 23,000 causalities. In ... [this book the author] draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only by its leaders but also by its soldiers, both Union and Confederate. Combining brilliant military analysis with narrative history of enormous power ... [this book] is the definitive work on this climatic and bitter struggle."--Page 4 of cover
Item Description:"A Mariner book."
Originally published: New Haven : Ticknor & Fields, 1983
Physical Description:xii, 431 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:089919172x
0618344195

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