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A SELECTION OF BOOKS AND TAPES
ON THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
BOOKS
 In Antietam: 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. McPherson brilliantly weaves these strands of diplomatic, political, and military history into a compact, swift-moving narrative that shows why America's bloodiest day is, indeed, a turning point in our history.
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 Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam by Stephen W. Sears. Of all the days on all the fields where American soldiers have fought, the most terrible was September 17, 1862. The Civil War battle waged on that date at Antietam Creek, in western Maryland, took a human toll never exceeded in our history. Winner of the Fletcher Platt Award for best nonfiction book about the Civil War, here is the definitive work on this bitter struggle. 16-page photo insert; 10 maps. |
 Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1862 (A Civil War Watercolor Map Series) by Earl B. McElfresh. The true watershed battle of the Civil War. Had Robert E. Lee won, foreign intervention might have resulted in Confederate independence. Scale: 1"=850' Map image: 16" x 20" Overall size: 28" x 18" Style: Watercolor and colored pencil map showing crops, fences, houses, farms, watercourses, woods and significant terrain. No troop movements depicted. One side of the map features Morning Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1862 and represents the northern half of the field. The reverse side features: Afternoon Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland 1862 and represents the southern half of the field. Text: The text includes a monograph describing the Maryland campaign and its Battle of Antietam. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. |
 Antietam National Battlefield by Tim Kissel. This map is a tear-resistant, waterproof, full color topographic trail map of the battlefield. The map displays all monuments, markers and tablets, and current as well as historic features. This map also provides all pertinent visitor information including park headquarters, rest rooms and picnic areas. An Order of Battle chart is featured on the back.
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 THE WINNERS OF THE WILD GEESE TODAY/TARA HALL ANTIETAM EDITION QUIZ: What is the name of the County Waterford native who died while carrying the 88th New York's green flag during the Irish Brigade's assault on "Bloody Road"? The answer, provided by Col. Donal Harrington (USAR), of Millersville, Maryland, is Capt. Patrick Felan Clooney. He wins the CD "The Irish Volunteer: Songs of the Irish Union Soldier 1861-1865," by David Kincaid. The grand prize in the best-of-three contest has been won by Rob, of Arlington, Massachusetts, with two wins in the first two rounds. He wins "Donnybrook at Dusk," a limited-edition art print by Brad Schmehl, depicting the 69th New York fighting the 6th Louisiana Infantry (also heavily Irish) at the Battle of Malvern Hill. The print, part of Schmehl's ongoing Irish Brigade series, is courtesy of Tara Hall (www.fighting69th.com), Specialists in The Fighting 69th, Irish Brigade and Military Memorabilia. THE WILD GEESE FORUM: Irish History -- Non-Stop, Worldwide.
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 Guide to the Battle of Antietam
"America's bloodiest day"--the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862--left more dead American soldiers in its wake than any other 24-hour period in history. Antietam and the related battles of the Maryland Campaign that led up to the lethal confrontation did not result in decisive defeats for either side. But they did serve as a brutal warning to an out-gunned, out-commanded, and out-organized Union army. Eyewitness accounts by battle participants make these guides an invaluable resource for travelers and nontravelers who want a greater understanding of five of the most devastating yet influential years in our nation's history. Explicit directions to points of interest and maps--illustrating the action and showing the detail of troop position, roads, rivers, elevations, and tree lines as they were 130 years ago--help bring the battles to life. This book is part of the "U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles" series.
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 The Antietam Campaign (Military Campaigns of the Civil War Series) by Gary W. Gallagher. New insights are offered into the bloodiest day of the Civil War--September 17, 1862--where more than 23,000 men fell at the Battle of Antietam. 40 illustrations. Maps. Index. "Some of the most important and innovative scholarship on Civil War battles and their political and social impact has appeared in the volumes of the Military Campaigns of the Civil War series. I strongly recommend these essays to everyone who is interested in the latest findings and interpretations." -- James McPherson.
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 Antietam : The Soldiers' Battle by John Michael Priest. Countless historians have analyzed Antietam (known as Sharpsburg in the South) and its aftermath, some concluding that McClellan's failure to vanquish Lee constituted a Southern victory, others that the Confederate retreat into Virginia was a strategic win for the North. But in "Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle," historian John Michael Priest tells this brutal tale of slaughter from an entirely new point of view: that of the common enlisted man. Concentrating on the days of actual battle--September 16, 17, and 18, 1862--Priest vividly brings to life the fear, the horror, and the profound courage that soldiers displayed. |
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