TO ANTIETAM CREEK: THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN OF SEPTEMBER 1862 By David S. Hartwig
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- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN-10
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421406314
ISBN-13
9781421406312
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117101281
Product Key Features
Book Title
To Antietam Creek : the Maryland Campaign of September 1862
Number of Pages
816 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Security (National & International)
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.3 in
Item Weight
54.5 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-001585
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
[ To Antietam Creek 's] sheer comprehensiveness makes it indispensable for studying the Maryland Campaign. For the first time, the entirety of the campaign, from the end of the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 30 to the night of September 16 is covered in detail... The narrative is clear and strikingly vivid, making for a compelling read... Hartwig offers a wonderful study on the battlefield commanders as well, maintaining a fair and balanced account... Hartwig's work on the text is clear, and the result is a comprehensive, engaging, and informative study., A new and monumental study of the origins and initiation of the Maryland Campaign of 1862... To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 is a tour de force which will stand as the preeminent and final word on the subject... A must read for any serious Civil War student interested in the crucial events leading up to the Battle of Antietam. It is an instant classic on the subject, superbly written, and a ready preface to what will be an equally important and fresh approach to the battle in a second book., To Antietam Creek is a masterfully detailed and exceptionally well-written narrative of the Union and Confederate perspectives on the Maryland Campaign leading up to the bloodiest day in the history of the Western Hemisphere. It skilfully examines the armies and the men who both commanded and served in them. It disentangles complicated battle narratives and provides balanced coverage of the personalities and major decisions of the campaign. Finally, it deconstructs many persistent myths about the campaign and uses abundant evidence to support its conclusions. It should serve as a definitive work on the buildup to Antietam, and its companion volume should be eagerly awaited., [ To Antietam Creek 's] sheer comprehensiveness makes it indispensable for studying the Maryland Campaign. For the first time, the entirety of the campaign, from the end of the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 30 to the night of September 16 is covered in detail... The narrative is clear and strikingly vivid, making for a compelling read... Hartwig offers a wonderful study on the battlefield commanders as well, maintaining a fair and balanced account... [T]he result is a comprehensive, engaging, and informative study., To Antietam Creek makes a very substantial contribution to the scholarship on the Maryland Campaign. It is thoroughly researched and taps previously unused sources. As the most comprehensive work available on the campaign leading up to Antietam, it will inform both historians and casual readers; its gripping narrative forcefully conveys some [of] the excitement that participants in the campaign must have felt. We should look forward to D. Scott Hartwig's concluding volume on the Battle of Antietam itself., To Antietam Creek is a masterfully detailed and exceptionally well-written narrative of the Union and Confederate perspectives on the Maryland Campaign leading up to the bloodiest day in the history of the Western Hemisphere. It skilfully examines the armies and the men who both commanded and served in them. It disentangles complicated battle narratives and provides balanced coverage of the personalities and major decisions of the campaign. Finally, it deconstructs many persistent myths about the campaign and uses abundant evidence to support its conclusions. It should serve as a definitive work on the buildup to Antietam, and its companion volume should be eagerly awaited., Hartwig has unquestionably produced the most thoroughly researched book published in this Civil War sesquicentennial period., A new and monumental study of the origins and initiation of the Maryland Campaign of 1862... To Antietam Creek is a tour de force which will stand as the preeminent and final word on the subject... A must read for any serious Civil War student interested in the crucial events leading up to the Battle of Antietam. It is an instant classic on the subject, superbly written, and a ready preface to what will be an equally important and fresh approach to the battle in a second book., To Antietam Creek makes a very substantial contribution to the scholarship on the Maryland Campaign. It is thoroughly researched and taps previously unused sources. As the most comprehensive work available on the campaign leading up to Antietam, it will inform both historians and casual readers; its gripping narrative forcefully conveys some [of] the excitement that participants in the campaign must have felt. We should look forward to D. Scott Hartwig's concluding volume on the Battle of Antietam itself., The first volume of this two volume set is so very well written and all-inclusive on the detailed facts of this Maryland Campaign that it looks like this two volume set just might be the very best ever written on this campaign and battle., To Antietam Creek is a masterfully detailed and exceptionally well-written narrative of the Union and Confederate perspectives on the Maryland Campaign leading up to the bloodiest day in the history of the Western Hemisphere. It skillfully examines the armies and the men who both commanded and served in them. It disentangles complicated battle narratives and provides balanced coverage of the personalities and major decisions of the campaign. Finally, it deconstructs many persistent myths about the campaign and uses abundant evidence to support its conclusions. It should serve as a definitive work on the buildup to Antietam, and its companion volume should be eagerly awaited.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
973.7/336
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Introduction 1. The Return of McClellan "General, I am in command again" 2. The Army of Northern Virginia "Who could not conquer with troops such as these" 3. The Army of Northern Virginia Enters Maryland "Our movements will be rapid" 4. The Army of the Potomac "If we fail now the North has no hope" 5. The Army of the Potomac Advances to Frederick "You may be sure that I will follow them as closely as I can" 5. Harpers Ferry "To the last extremity" 7. The Battle for Mary land Heights "For God's sake, don't fall back" 8. September 13 "My general idea is to cut the enemy in two" 9. The Morning Battle for Fox's Gap "My God! Be careful!" 10. Afternoon at Fox's Gap "So little did we know of the etiquette of war" 11. The First Corps Attacks "It looked like a task to storm" 12. The Battle for Hill 1280 "Some of you will get hurt" 13. Into Turner's Gap "An ugly looking place to attack" 14. Crampton's Gap "The best fighting that has been done in this war" 15. Retreat from South Mountain "God has seldom given an army a greater victory than this" 16. The Trap Closes and a Cavalry Dash "The fate of Harper's Ferry was sealed" 17. The Fall of Harpers Ferry "Through God's blessing, Harper's Ferry and its garrison are to be surrendered" 18. September 16 "We are entirely too methodical" 19. Eve of Battle "I shall not, however, soon forget that night" Acknowledgments Appendixes a. Opposing Forces in the Mary and Campaign b. Strength of Union and Confederate Forces c. Union and Confederate Casualties List of Abbreviations Notes Essay on Sources Index
Synopsis
A richly detailed account of the hard-fought campaign that led to Antietam Creek and changed the course of the Civil War. 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., 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.
LC Classification Number
E474.61.H374 2012
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