02825nam 2200541 450 991065962370332120230607215404.01-280-47334-70-19-972673-61-60256-414-0(CKB)1000000000028958(StDuBDS)AH24087436(SSID)ssj0000133020(PQKBManifestationID)11129753(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133020(PQKBWorkID)10041665(PQKB)11281480(MiAaPQ)EBC241323(MiAaPQ)EBC5746288(EXLCZ)99100000000002895820190917d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCrossroads of freedom Antietam /James M. McPhersonNew Ed.Oxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,2002.1 online resource (220p. )maps, halftonesPivotal moments in American historyPivotal Moments in American HistoryBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-513521-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. As McPherson shows, by September 1862 the survival of the United States was in doubt. The Union had suffered a string of defeats, and Robert E. Lee's army was in Maryland, poised to threaten Washington. The British government was openly talking of recognizing the Confederacy and brokering a peace between North and South. Northern armies and voters were demoralized. And Lincoln had shelved his proposed edict of emancipation months before, waiting for a victory that had not come--that some thought would never come. Both Confederate and Union troops knew the war was at a crossroads, that they were marching toward a decisive battle. It came along the ridges and in the woods and cornfields between Antietam Creek and the Potomac River. Valor, misjudgment, anPivotal moments in American history.Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.973.733McPherson James M.136582MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910659623703321Crossroads of freedom2904415UNINA