Antietam: Day of Courage and Sorrow: Day of Courage and Sacrifice
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Antietam: Day of Courage and Sorrow: Day of Courage and Sacrifice
By (Author) Sarah Elder Hale
Cricket Books, a division of Carus Publishing Co
Cricket Books, a division of Carus Publishing Co
29th November 2005
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare)
History of the Americas
973.7336
Physical Properties
Hardback
48
Width 177mm, Height 228mm
283g
Description
The morning of September 17, 1862, dawned peacefully in the farming community of Sharpsburg, Maryland. But this day would be like no other in American history. The quiet would soon be shattered by an all-day assault that would become the bloodiest single day of the Civil War, with more than 27,000 casualties.
Antietam: Day of Courage and Sorrow tells the story of the cruelest battle of the War Between the States. Meet the Union soldier who foiled General Robert E. Lee's strategy by finding his secret plans wrapped around cigars. Explore how President Abraham Lincoln used the battle as a means to free those in slavery in the South. Discover why, even though the battle was considered a draw, Antietam proved to be a turning point of the Civil War.
