Before Antietam

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Robert E Lee, after decisively repelling John Pope s August 1862 invasion of Virginia at the Second Battle of Manassas, took the offensive Moving north into Maryland, Lee divided his forces to capture Harpers Ferry while continuing his advance further into Union territory George B McClellan, the new Union commander, learned that Lee had divided his forces, and advanced to attack the Confederates The armies, from squad to corps level, fought hard in both cavalry and infantry actions for control of the three gaps across South Mountain, about sixty miles from the Federal capital The victory McClellan s officers and men gave him forced Lee to fall back and regroup near the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland, thus setting the stage for the Civil War s bloodiest day which soon followed at Antietam Creek Three days before that September day, the opposing armies fought a series of engagements that came to be known as the Battle of South Mountain Until Before Antietam, those battles existed in our history as only a footnote to the events at Antietam Because of the work of John Michael Priest those terrible encounters now have their rightful place in American military history. Best Read eBook Before Antietam Author John Michael Priest – kino-fada.fr This was the first book of John Michael Priest that I had ever read and I found it to be a well researched and well presented account of the Battle for South Mountain I enjoyed it so much that I ordered his other book Antietam The soldiers Battle as soon as I finished this book He presents the fighting through the eyes of the Northern and Southern soldiers and it is done is such an easy manner that the narrative flows along quite well The only criticism I have of the book itself is the s This was the first book of John Michael Priest that I had ever read and I found it to be a well researched and well presented account of the Battle for South Mountain I enjoyed it so much that I ordered his other book Antietam The soldiers Battle as soon as I finished this book He presents the fighting through the eyes of the Northern and Southern...This book is certainly better than the author s Wilderness set Before Antietam does a far better job covering the role of brigade and division commanders during the battle, although it was still sketchy concerning the activities and decisions of the Union corps commanders The author also extensively covers the nine days leading up to the battle, starting with the Confederates crossing o...Excellent and moving study of the prelude to the Battle of Antietam Sharpsburg in September of 1862 Because it is based almost exclusely on the letters, memories, and diaries of participants in the actions one get a detail that is almost always lacking innarrative histories Fully one fifth of the text pages are maps and thus one can follow in exacting detail the movements of the units involved however, the maps, while comprehensive, are not the most professionally done I found that I Excellent and moving study of the prelude to the Battle of Antietam Sharpsburg in September of 1862 Because it is based almost exclusely ...Great read about Robert E Lee s first invasion of the North with the Army of Northern Virginia This battle would set up immediately afterwards the Battle of Antietam in September 1862.signed by the author

Before Antietam
  • English
  • 14 June 2017
  • Paperback
  • 464 pages
  • 0195107128
  • John Michael Priest
  • Before Antietam