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Genre/Form: | Autographs (Provenance) |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James M McPherson |
ISBN: | 0195135210 9780195135213 0195173309 9780195173307 0965461181 9780965461184 0195158571 9780195158571 |
OCLC Number: | 49355607 |
Description: | xvi, 203 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction: death in September -- The pendulum of war, 1861-1862 -- Taking off the kid gloves, June-July 1862 -- "The federals got a very complete smashing", August-September 1862 -- Showdown at Sharpsburg -- The beginning of the end. |
Series Title: | Pivotal moments in American history. |
Responsibility: | James M. McPherson. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | 325220 |
Abstract:
The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6000 soldiers killed. In this book, the author provides an account of this pivotal battle of the Civil War, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath.
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McPherson is the preeminent historian of the Civil War * Washington Post * [McPherson] does a superb job of re-creating a moment when the war, and all of American history that followed, might have gone altogether differently This concise, elegantly written book by the commanding general of the army of American Civil War historians brilliantly captures the larger meaning of the war through the prism of one bloody and pivotal battle * The Times Literary Supplement * Read more...
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