To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862

by Robert Orrison, Kevin Pawlak

Overview

Experience the history of the Maryland Campaign with this Civil War chronicle and guide featuring battlefield information and day-trip itineraries.

In the summer of 1862, the world watched anxiously as Confederate armies advanced across a thousand-mile front. Reacting to the Army of Northern Virginia’s trek across the Potomac River, George B. McClellan gathered the broken and scattered remnants of several Federal armies within Washington, D. C., to repel the invasion and expel the Confederates from Maryland. “Everything seems to indicate that they intend to hazard all upon the issue of the coming battle,” he said of the invading force.

Historians Robert Orrison and Kevin Pawlak trace the routes both armies traveled during the Maryland Campaign, ultimately coming to a climactic blow on the banks of Antietam Creek. That clash on September 17, 1862, remains the bloodiest single day in American history. To Hazard All offers several day trip tours and visits many out-of-the-way sites related to the Maryland Campaign.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611214109
Publisher:	Savas Beatie
Publication date:	05/20/2022
Series:	Emerging Civil War Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	993,834
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Rob Orrison and Bill Backus both researched and led the interpretation for the Bristoe Station battlefield. Rob, a contributor to Emerging Civil War, has been working in the history field for more than 20 years. He currently oversees day-to-day operations of municipal historic site program in Virginia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Touring the Battlefields x

Prelude to the Campaign xv

Chapter 1 Lee Moves North 1

Chapter 2 McClellan Responds 27

Chapter 3 Battle of Harpers Ferry 53

Chapter 4 Battle of South Mountain 85

Chapter 5 Battle of Antietam 117

Chapter 6 Return to Virginia 133

Chapter 7 Conclusion 165

Suggested Reading 170

About the Authors 172

Editorial Reviews

"The newest addition to the simply outstanding 'Emerging Civil War Series" from Savas Beatie, "To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862" is a valued and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, community, and academic library American Civil War collections and supplemental studies reading lists."

Midwest Book Review, Volume 18, Number 11 - Carl Logan