I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign (D. Scott Hartwig - CWC) postcard overlooked and misunderstood for generations

overlooked and misunderstood for generations

Detailed and extensively illustrated with over 160 photographs

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I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign (D. Scott Hartwig - CWC) postcard overlooked and misunderstood for generationsby D. Scott Hartwig The memory of the Battle of Antietam was so haunting that when, nine months later, Major Rufus Dawes learned another Antietam battle might be on the horizon, he wrote, "I hope not, I dread the thought of the place." In this definitive account, historian D. Scott Hartwig chronicles the single bloodiest day in American history, which resulted in 23,000 casualties. The Battle of Antietam marked a vital turning point in the war: