Matthew Borders
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the bloodiest day in American history, with more than twenty-three thousand dead, wounded and missing. This book invites the reader to walk the routes of some of the units on the field through the stories of thirty-six individual soldiers who fought on that day. The images of the soldiers in this work, many of which have never been published before, give faces to the fighting men at Antietam,...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Fredericksburg, fought December 11-15, 1862, is often remembered for the seemingly futile attacks by the Army of the Potomac against dug-in Confederates on Marye's Heights. Less well understood is the fighting south of the heights on what has become known as Slaughter Pen Farm. In this work, the images of thirty Union soldiers are published for the first time. They give a face and history to those men who struggled across that bloody...
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