Crossroads of Freedom Antietam
by McPherson, James M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-04-29
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian McPherson offers a masterful portrait of the bloodiest single day in American history, the Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862.
Author Biography
James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History at Princeton University. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, which was a New York Times bestseller, and the Lincoln Prize for For Cause and Comrades. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Table of Contents
| LIST OF MAPS | xi | ||
| EDITOR'S NOTE | xiii | ||
| PREFACE | xv | ||
| INTRODUCTION Death in September | 3 | (8) | |
| 1 The Pendulum of War 1861-1862 | 11 | (30) | |
| 2 Taking Off the Kid Gloves June July 1862 | 41 | (32) | |
| 3 "The Federals Got a Very Complete Smashing" August-September 1862 | 73 | (24) | |
| 4 Showdown at Sharpsburg | 97 | (36) | |
| 5 The Beginning of the End | 133 | (24) | |
| NOTES | 157 | (28) | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY | 185 | (6) | |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 191 | (2) | |
| INDEX | 193 |
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