Such a Clash of Arms
The Maryland Campaign, September 1862
Reeks: Casemate Illustrated
Kevin R. Pawlak
- A
- fully
- illustrated
- narrative
- of
- the
- Maryland
- campaign
- 1862,
- culminating
- in
- Antietam,
- the
- bloodiest
- single
- day
- in
- American
- military
- history.
- By
- the
- late
- summer
- of
- 1862,
- it
- appeared
- as
- though
- the
- United
- States
- would
- be
- permanently
- split
- in
- two,
- and
- by
- the
- beginning
- of
- September,
- General
- Robert
- E.
- Lee's
- Army
- of
- Northern
- Virginia
- was
- on
- the
- doorstep
- of
- Washington,
- D.C.
- Panicked
- and
- defeated
- Federal
- soldiers
- huddled
- behind
- the
- capital’s
- defenses.
- Rather
- than
- attacking
- the
- city,
- Lee
- turned
- his
- attention
- north
- into
- Maryland,
- seeking
- a
- decisive
- battlefield
- victory
- to
- influence
- public
- opinion
- at
- home
- and
- diplomatic
- opinion
- overseas.
- Major
- General
- George
- B.
- McClellan
- led
- the
- reorganized
- Army
- of
- the
- Potomac
- into
- the
- state
- to
- meet
- Lee.
- Over
- a
- span
- of
- 18
- days,
- the
- two
- armies
- fought
- four
- significant
- battles,
- including
- the
- climactic
- engagement
- along
- Antietam
- Creek
- outside
- Sharpsburg
- on
- September
- 17,
- 1862.
- The
- battle
- there
- still
- holds
- the
- distinction
- as
- the
- bloodiest
- single
- day
- in
- American
- military
- history.
- Forced
- from
- Maryland,
- Lee
- withdrew
- into
- Virginia,
- leaving
- President
- Abraham
- Lincoln
- free
- to
- follow
- up
- this
- strategic
- victory
- with
- the
- preliminary
- Emancipation
- Proclamation,
- a
- measure
- that
- changed
- the
- nature
- of
- the
- American
- Civil
- War.
- Copious
- illustrations
- and
- maps
- paired
- with
- a
- detailed
- text,
- this
- account
- of
- the
- Maryland
- campaign
- will
- have
- wide appeal.
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