LEADER 02825nam 2200541 450 001 9910659623703321 005 20230607215404.0 010 $a1-280-47334-7 010 $a0-19-972673-6 010 $a1-60256-414-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000028958 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087436 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000133020 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129753 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133020 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10041665 035 $a(PQKB)11281480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC241323 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5746288 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000028958 100 $a20190917d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrossroads of freedom $eAntietam /$fJames M. McPherson 205 $aNew Ed. 210 1$aOxford ;$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (220p. )$cmaps, halftones 225 1 $aPivotal moments in American history 225 0$aPivotal Moments in American History 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-513521-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $bThe Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. As McPherson shows, by September 1862 the survival of the United States was in doubt. The Union had suffered a string of defeats, and Robert E. Lee's army was in Maryland, poised to threaten Washington. The British government was openly talking of recognizing the Confederacy and brokering a peace between North and South. Northern armies and voters were demoralized. And Lincoln had shelved his proposed edict of emancipation months before, waiting for a victory that had not come--that some thought would never come. Both Confederate and Union troops knew the war was at a crossroads, that they were marching toward a decisive battle. It came along the ridges and in the woods and cornfields between Antietam Creek and the Potomac River. Valor, misjudgment, an 410 0$aPivotal moments in American history. 606 $aAntietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 615 0$aAntietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. 676 $a973.733 700 $aMcPherson$b James M.$0136582 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910659623703321 996 $aCrossroads of freedom$92904415 997 $aUNINA