Antietam, Wetware Media
Antietam, Wetware Media
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Antietam
Military Accounts of the Bloodiest Battle in American History

Author: Wetware Media

Narrator: Andrew Mulcare

Unabridged: 4 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Wetware Media

Published: 09/14/2012

Synopsis

The Battle of Antietam, (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg), was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. The battle was the culmination of Robert E. Lee's Maryland campaign in which Lee attempted to take the war to the North. The first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil, it was and remains, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, claiming a staggering 23,000 casualties. The savage battle was not a clear victory for either side, though turning back the Confederate invasion gave Abraham Lincoln the "victory" he wanted before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

The Antietam campaign of 1862 continues to be one of the most widely studied, and most exhaustively discussed, campaigns of the American Civil War. When the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia met near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, the Battle of Ant......more

Goodreads review by Brian

Gary Gallagher’s book of essays on the Battle of Antietam is regarded by many as one of the top books on the battle. This is not a discussion of the entire Maryland Campaign or of the entire battle. For that, look to Stephen Sears’ Landscape Turned Red, or for more detailed studies, Ezra Carmen’s or......more

Goodreads review by Eric

Essentially only got it for the extended article on the Battle of Harpers Ferry. This article was worth it but the others gave me nothing new.......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

Classic!!......more

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