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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822812203321

Titolo

The Antietam campaign / / edited by Gary W. Gallagher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1999

ISBN

0-8078-3591-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Military campaigns of the Civil War

Altri autori (Persone)

GallagherGary W

Disciplina

973.7/336

Soggetti

Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862

Maryland Campaign, 1862

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; The Net Result of the Campaign Was in Our Favor: Confederate Reaction to the Maryland Campaign; General McClellan's Bodyguard: The Army of the Potomac after Antietam; Maryland, Our Maryland: Or How Lincoln and His Army Helped to Define the Confederacy; Dirty, Ragged, and Ill-Provided For: Confederate Logistical Problems in the 1862 Maryland Campaign and Their Solutions; Who Would Not Be a Soldier: The Volunteers of '62 in the Maryland Campaign; All Who Went into That Battle Were Heroes: Remembering the 16th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers at Antietam

Defending Lee's Flank: J. E. B. Stuart, John Pelham, and Confederate Artillery on Nicodemus HeightsIt Appeared As Though Mutual Extermination Would Put a Stop to the Awful Carnage: Confederates in Sharpsburg's Bloody Lane; We Don't Know What on Earth to Do with Him: William Nelson Pendleton and the Affair at Shepherdstown, September 19,1862; From Antietam to the Argonne: The Maryland Campaign's Lessons for Future Leaders of the American Expeditionary Force; Bibliographic Essay; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Approaching topics related to Lee's and McClellan's operations from a variety of perspectives, contributors to this volume explore questions regarding military lead