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The Battle of Antietam: How a Single Day of Bloodshed in American History Changed the Civil War Forever
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Series: America in War, Power, and Revolution, Book 5
Military Biographies19th Century United States HistoryMilitary Strategy
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ISBN13: 9798196925009
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 14 2026
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 14 2026
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On the morning of September 17, 1862, thousands of men wrote their final letters home. By nightfall, 22,727 of them were dead, wounded, or missing, and the United States of America would never be the same again.
What happened along a quiet creek in western Maryland in a single day changed the entire course of the Civil War, ended a nation's best hope for foreign intervention, and forced Abraham Lincoln's hand on the most consequential decision of his presidency.
What happened along a quiet creek in western Maryland in a single day changed the entire course of the Civil War, ended a nation's best hope for foreign intervention, and forced Abraham Lincoln's hand on the most consequential decision of his presidency.
Few people know that the Confederate army arrived at Antietam with a plan so bold it should never have worked. Fewer still know how close it came to succeeding. Robert E. Lee stood at Sharpsburg with barely 15,000 men, his back to the Potomac River, his only escape route a single ford, waiting for an enemy force more than twice his size to destroy him. What you are about to discover is how one outnumbered, hungry, barefoot army held that position against everything thrown at it, and why the man with every advantage chose, at every critical moment, not to use it.
The Battle of Antietam takes you inside the bloodiest single day in American history with the depth and intimacy that the story has always deserved. Walk into Miller's Cornfield where the 1st Texas Infantry lost 82.6% of its men in under twenty minutes, a record that stood for the entire war. Stand at the Sunken Road where four hours of fighting consumed more than 5,500 casualties and gave that quiet farm lane a name it carries to this day. Cross Burnside's Bridge and understand how 400 Georgia soldiers held back 12,000 Federal troops for three hours on nothing but good ground and determination.
This is not just military history. It is the story of what one day of human courage, catastrophic leadership failure, and political genius produced for a nation that was still deciding what it wanted to be.
Whether you are a Civil War enthusiast, a student of American history, or simply someone who wants to understand how the United States arrived at the country it became, this book delivers the full story, every commander, every regiment, every turning point, written with the pace and energy of a story that refuses to let you put it down.
The war changed on September 17, 1862. Find out exactly how, and why it still matters today.
The Battle of Antietam takes you inside the bloodiest single day in American history with the depth and intimacy that the story has always deserved. Walk into Miller's Cornfield where the 1st Texas Infantry lost 82.6% of its men in under twenty minutes, a record that stood for the entire war. Stand at the Sunken Road where four hours of fighting consumed more than 5,500 casualties and gave that quiet farm lane a name it carries to this day. Cross Burnside's Bridge and understand how 400 Georgia soldiers held back 12,000 Federal troops for three hours on nothing but good ground and determination.
This is not just military history. It is the story of what one day of human courage, catastrophic leadership failure, and political genius produced for a nation that was still deciding what it wanted to be.
Whether you are a Civil War enthusiast, a student of American history, or simply someone who wants to understand how the United States arrived at the country it became, this book delivers the full story, every commander, every regiment, every turning point, written with the pace and energy of a story that refuses to let you put it down.
The war changed on September 17, 1862. Find out exactly how, and why it still matters today.
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