To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 - Softcover

Hartwig, D. Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421428962 ISBN 13: 9781421428963

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

Synopsis

In early September 1862 thousands of Union soldiers huddled within the defenses of Washington, disorganized and discouraged from their recent defeat at Second Manassas. Confederate General Robert E. Lee then led his tough and confident Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland in a bold gamble to force a showdown that could win Southern independence. The future of the Union hung in the balance. The campaign that followed lasted only two weeks, but it changed the course of the Civil War.

D. Scott Hartwig delivers a riveting first installment of a two-volume study of the campaign and climactic battle. It takes the reader from the controversial return of George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac through the Confederate invasion, the siege and capture of Harpers Ferry, the daylong Battle of South Mountain, and, ultimately, to the eve of the great and terrible Battle of Antietam.

About this title

Book Description:

A richly detailed account of the hard-fought campaign that led to Antietam Creek and changed the course of the Civil War.

About the Author:

D. Scott Hartwig was the supervisory park historian at the Gettysburg National Military Park for twenty years. He is the author of The Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862: A Bibliography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1421428962
• ISBN 13: 9781421428963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 808