The Us Army War College Guide To The Battle Of Antietam

Download or read book The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Antietam written by Jay Luvaas and published by South Mountain Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1987 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg written by Jay Luvaas and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1987 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here in one compact volume is a day-by-day and hour-by-hour account of the Battle of Gettysburg. Along with the numerous illustrations, photographs, and diagrams, this book provides features the official reports and physical observations of the commanding officers in their own words. These original source documents from bother Southern and Northern leaders provide a startling sense of reality and drama. This book takes you through a documented and ordered progression. Twenty-five stops are arranged in the order of the actual battle as it unfolded in 1863. Easy-to-follow maps show all significant troop positions and related terrain detail"--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Antietam written by Jay Luvaas and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1988 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book features the official reports and physical observations of the commanding officers in their own words, along with numerous illustrations, photographs, and diagrams. It takes you through the operations of the opposing armies as they meet at the Battle of South Mountain. You follow the action through such places as Fox?s, Turner?s and Crampton?s Gaps to Harpers Ferry, across Boteler?s Ford, and on to Sharpsburg and the climax of the fighting. This book takes you through the battles in a documented and ordered progression. Eighteen stops are arranged, in the order of the battles as they unfolded"--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book Guide to the Battle of Antietam, the Maryland Campaign of 1862 written by Jay Luvaas and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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. In the field, these guides can be used to recreate each battle's setting and proportions, giving the reader a sense of the tension and fear each soldier must have felt as he faced his enemy.

Download or read book Guide to the Battle of Antietam written by Paul C. Jussel and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By the middle of 1862, both sides in the American Civil War had fought many skirmishes, engagements, and battles, mostly in Virginia and Tennessee. For Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the only way to possibly achieve victory was to take a significant risk. Lee took that risk with his movement across the Potomac River into Maryland. If successful, his army could advance toward Washington, DC and claim victory. Fought on September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, MD, the battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in US military history, with about 23,000 casualties. Although the battle was inconclusive, it was a strategic victory for the Union, as it halted-for a year, anyway-Lee's invasion of the North"--

Download or read book A Field Guide to Antietam written by Carol Reardon and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, and still stands as the bloodiest single day in American military history. Additionally, in its aftermath, President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation. In this engaging, easy-to-use guide, Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler allow visitors to understand this crucial Civil War battle in fine detail. Abundantly illustrated with maps and historical and modern photographs, A Field Guide to Antietam explores twenty-one sites on and near the battlefield where significant action occurred. Combining crisp narrative and rich historical context, each stop in the book is structured around the following questions: *What happened here? *Who fought here? *Who commanded here? *Who fell here? *Who lived here? *How did participants remember the events? With accessible presentation and fresh interpretations of primary and secondary evidence, this is an absolutely essential guide to Antietam and its lasting legacy.

Download or read book Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg written by Jay Luvaas and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here in one compact volume is a day-by-day and hour-by-hour account of one of the bloodiest and most momentous battles in history. The Battle of Gettysburg--fought on July 1, 2, and 3, 1863--changed the course of an epic war. Unlike other volumes on Gettysburg, this guide provides a unique blend of documentary sources and terrain descriptions with 25 stops arranged in the order of the actual battle as it unfolded. It combines official reports and observations of the commanding officers in their own words to recreate one of the pivotal encounters of the Civil War.