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1 online resource (283 pages) |
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This Hallowed Ground |
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This hallowed ground.
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| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; How to Use This Guide; Antietam; The Road to Antietam; Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center; Stop 1 Battlefield Vista; Stop 2 Pry House; Stop 3 North Woods; Stop 4 East Woods; Stop 5 The Hagerstown Pike; Stop 6 The Cornfield; Overview of Sumner's Fight, 9:00 a.m.2:00 p.m.; Stop 7 West Woods; Stop 8 Dunker Church; Stop 9 Bloody Lane; Overview of Burnside's Fight, 10:00 a.m.6:00 p.m.; Stop 10 Burnside Bridge; Stop 11 The IX Corps Attacks; Stop 12 Otto Cornfield; Stop 13 Lee's Headquarters |
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Stop 14 National CemeteryOptional Excursion 1: Bloody Lane; Stop A Hill's Defense, 9:30 A.M.; Stop B Weber's and Morris's Attacks, 9:3010:00 A.M.; Stop C Kimball's Attack, 10:0010:15 a.m.; Stop D Anderson and Richardson Arrive, 10:0011:15 a.m.; Stop E The Irish Brigade Attacks, 11:1511:45 a.m.; Stop F The Sunken Road Is Captured, 11:45 a.m.12:15 p.m.; Stop G The Union Attack Stalls, 12:152:00 p.m.; Optional Excursion 2: Burnside Bridge; Sto |
| Summary |
In September 1862 the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac conducted one of the truly great campaigns of the Civil War. At South Mountain, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam, North and South clashed in engagements whose magnitude and importance would earn this campaign a distinguished place in American military history. The siege of Harpers Ferry produced the largest surrender of U.S. troops in the nation's history until World War II, while the day-long battle at Antietam on September 17 still holds the distinction of being the single bloodiest day of combat in Amer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.
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South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862.
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Battlefields -- Maryland -- Burkittsville Region -- Guidebooks
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Battlefields
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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1862.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002283
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Antietam National Battlefield (Md.) -- Guidebooks
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park -- Guidebooks
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Sharpsburg Region (Md.) -- Guidebooks
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Burkittsville Region (Md.) -- Guidebooks
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Harpers Ferry Region (W. Va.) -- Guidebooks
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields -- Guidebooks
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Maryland
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Maryland -- Antietam National Battlefield
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Maryland -- Sharpsburg Region
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United States
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West Virginia -- Harpers Ferry
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West Virginia -- Harpers Ferry Region
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008018263 |
| ISBN |
9780803219434 |
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0803219431 |
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1281958514 |
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9781281958518 |
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9786611958510 |
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6611958517 |
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