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Autore |
Armstrong Marion V. <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Unfurl those colors! [[electronic resource] ] : McClellan, Sumner, and the Second Army Corps in the Antietam campaign / / Marion V. Armstrong, Jr |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (397 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-363) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Prelude; 2 Corps d'ArmeĢe; 3 The Second Army Corps; 4 Preparing for a New Campaign, 6 to 8 September 1862; 5 Campaigning in Maryland, 9 to 13 September 1862; 6 In Pursuit of the Enemy, 14 to 15 September 1862; 7 Preparation for Battle, 16 September 1862; 8 The West Woods; 9 The Sunken Road; 10 Afternoon, 17 September 1862; 11 Concluding the Campaign; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A detailed account of the battle of Antietam that clarifies the epic struggle Unfurl Those Colors! examines the operational fabric of leadership and command in the Army of the Potomac during one of the most critical campaigns and battles of the Civil War. The Battle of Antietam remains "the bloodiest single day of combat in American history" with over 5,000 killed, 20,000 wounded, and 3,000 missing. Many eminent Civil War historians consider it the turning point of the war. As a result of the perceived Federal success at Antietam, Abraham Lincoln was |
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