05151nam 2200745 a 450 991077848030332120230721022804.01-281-95851-497866119585100-8032-1943-1(CKB)1000000000794136(EBL)452178(OCoLC)609843197(SSID)ssj0000288908(PQKBManifestationID)12068720(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288908(PQKBWorkID)10401181(PQKB)10715830(MiAaPQ)EBC452178(Au-PeEL)EBL452178(CaPaEBR)ebr10312890(CaONFJC)MIL195851(EXLCZ)99100000000079413620080425d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAntietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry[electronic resource] a battlefield guide /Ethan S. Rafuse ; cartography by Christopher L. BrestLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20081 online resource (283 p.)This hallowed ground"Bison Books"--Spine.0-8032-3970-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-263).Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; How to Use This Guide; Antietam; The Road to Antietam; Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center; Stop 1 Battlefield Vista; Stop 2 Pry House; Stop 3 North Woods; Stop 4 East Woods; Stop 5 The Hagerstown Pike; Stop 6 The Cornfield; Overview of Sumner's Fight, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; Stop 7 West Woods; Stop 8 Dunker Church; Stop 9 Bloody Lane; Overview of Burnside's Fight, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Stop 10 Burnside Bridge; Stop 11 The IX Corps Attacks; Stop 12 Otto Cornfield; Stop 13 Lee's HeadquartersStop 14 National CemeteryOptional Excursion 1: Bloody Lane; Stop A Hill's Defense, 9:30 A.M.; Stop B Weber's and Morris's Attacks, 9:30-10:00 A.M.; Stop C Kimball's Attack, 10:00-10:15 a.m.; Stop D Anderson and Richardson Arrive, 10:00-11:15 a.m.; Stop E The Irish Brigade Attacks, 11:15-11:45 a.m.; Stop F The Sunken Road Is Captured, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Stop G The Union Attack Stalls, 12:15-2:00 p.m.; Optional Excursion 2: Burnside Bridge; Stop A Toombs's Position, 7:30-10:00 a.m.; Stop B The First Federal Assault, 10:00-10:30 a.m.; Stop C Nagle's Attack, 10:45-11:15 a.m.Stop D The Federals Capture the Bridge, noon-1:00 p.m.Stop E The Union Bridgehead, 1:00-3:00 p.m.; Stop F Rodman's March and Crossing, 10:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.; Stop G The Federal Pause, 1:00-3:00 p.m.; Optional Excursion 3: Boteler's Ford; Stop A Recrossing the Potomac, September 18-19, 1862; Stop B The Battle of Shepherdstown, September 19-20, 1862; South Mountain; Overview of the Battle of South Mountain,September 14, 1862; Stop 1 Fox's Gap; Stop 1A Cox's Attack, 5:00 a.m.-noon; Stop 1B Union Victory, noon-10:00 p.m.; Stop 2 Mt. Tabor Cemetery; Stop 3 Mountain House; Stop 4 BurkittsvilleStop 5 Gathland State ParkHarpers Ferry; Overview of the Siege of Harpers Ferry,September 13-15, 1862; Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Visitor Center; Stop 1 Harpers Ferry; Stop 2 Bolivar Heights; After Antietam; Appendix A: Orders of Battle; Appendix B: Organization, Weapons, and Tactics; Sources; For Further ReadingIn September 1862 the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac conducted one of the truly great campaigns of the Civil War. At South Mountain, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam, North and South clashed in engagements whose magnitude and importance would earn this campaign a distinguished place in American military history. The siege of Harpers Ferry produced the largest surrender of U.S. troops in the nation's history until World War II, while the day-long battle at Antietam on September 17 still holds the distinction of being the single bloodiest day of combat in AmerThis hallowed ground.Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862BattlefieldsMarylandBurkittsville RegionGuidebooksHarpers Ferry (W. Va.)HistorySiege, 1862Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)GuidebooksHarpers Ferry National Historical ParkGuidebooksSharpsburg Region (Md.)GuidebooksBurkittsville Region (Md.)GuidebooksHarpers Ferry Region (W. Va.)GuidebooksUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865BattlefieldsGuidebooksAntietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862.Battlefields973.7/3Rafuse Ethan Sepp1968-1484863Brest Christopher Lawrence1950-1579547MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778480303321Antietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry3859737UNINA