Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

by Stephen W. Sears

Overview

“The best account of the Battle of Antietam” from the award-winning, national bestselling author of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville (The New York Times Book Review).

The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation’s history: in this single day, the war claimed nearly 23,000 casualties. In Landscape Turned Red, the renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only by its leaders but also by its soldiers, both Union and Confederate. Combining brilliant military analysis with narrative history of enormous power, Landscape Turned Red is the definitive work on this climactic and bitter struggle.
 
“A modern classic.”—The Chicago Tribune

“No other book so vividly depicts that battle, the campaign that preceded it, and the dramatic political events that followed.”—The Washington Post Book World

“Authoritative and graceful . . . a first-rate work of history.”—Newsweek

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547526638
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	02/03/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	466
Sales rank:	210,462
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

STEPHEN W. SEARS is the author of many award-winning books on the Civil War, including Gettysburg and Landscape Turned Red. A former editor at American Heritage, he lives in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	xi
	Prologue. The Last, Best Hope	1
1.	The Limits of Limited War	19
2.	Confederate Tide	49
3.	Will Send You Trophies	74
4.	Fire on the Mountain	114
5.	We Will Make Our Stand	150
6.	To the Dunker Church	180
7.	A Savage Continual Thunder	216
8.	The Spires of Sharpsburg	255
9.	To Nobly Save or Meanly Lose	298
	Epilogue: A Last Farewell	336
Appendix I.	The Lost Order	349
Appendix II.	Burnside and His Bridge	353
Appendix III.	The Armies at Antietam	359
	Sources and Acknowledgments	373
	Notes	375
	Bibliography	405
	Index	415

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"The best account of the Battle of Antietam." The New York Times Book Review

"A modern classic." The Chicago Tribune

"No other book so vividly depicts that battle, the campaign that preceded it, and the dramatic political events that followed."—Washington Post Book World The Washington Post

"Authoritative and graceful . . . a first-rate work of history." Newsweek

Editorial Reviews

"The best account of the Battle of Antietam." The New York Times Book Review

"A modern classic." The Chicago Tribune

"No other book so vividly depicts that battle, the campaign that preceded it, and the dramatic political events that followed."—Washington Post Book World The Washington Post

"Authoritative and graceful . . . a first-rate work of history." Newsweek

From the Publisher