Landscape turned red : the Battle of Antietam

Summary: A definitive study of the climactic and pivotal battle of Antietam offers a vivid account of the two armies, the soldiers and officers, and the bitter, bloody campaign and analyzes the impact of Antietam on the Civil War as a whole.

Record details

ISBN: 089919172X :
ISBN: 9780899191720
Physical Description: print
xii, 431 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New Haven : Ticknor & Fields, 1983.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Bibliography: p. [405]-414.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue. The last, best hope. The limits of limited war -- Confederate tide -- Will send you trophies -- Fire on the mountain -- We will make our stand -- To the Dunker church -- A savage continual thunder -- The spires of Sharpsburg -- To nobly save or meanly lose -- Epilogue. A last farewell.