ANTIETAM (Part the Eleventh)
In which we look at Round 1 in the fight for the Sunken Road, aka Bloody Lane, at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution” by Richard Slotkin.
ANTIETAM (Part the Tenth)
In which we look at the last major combat on the northern part of the battlefield, as Greene’s Federals gain a foothold in the West Woods near the Dunker Church. With next week’s episode, the action shifts to the Sunken Road.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Maryland Campaign of September 1862” by Ezra A. Carman, edited & annotated by Thomas G. Clemens.
ANTIETAM (Part the Ninth)
In which we look at the ill-fated attack into the West Woods by John Sedgwick’s division of Sumner’s Second Corps at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “A Field Guide to Antietam: Experiencing the Battlefield through Its History, Places, and People” by Carol Reardon & Tom Vossler.
ANTIETAM (Part the Eighth)
In which we look at the attack by Mansfield’s Twelfth Corps on the north end of the Confederate line on the morning of September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietam.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam” by Stephen W. Sears.
ANTIETAM (Part the Seventh)
In which we continue our discussion of the attack by Hooker’s First Corps at the Battle of Antietam on the morning of September 17, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Voices of the Civil War: Antietam” by the Editors of Time-Life Books.
ANTIETAM (Part the Sixth)
In which we look at the opening of the action at the Battle of Antietam on the morning of September 17, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Bloodiest Day: The Battle of Antietam” by Ronald H. Bailey and the Editors of Time-Life Books.\
ANTIETAM (Part the Fifth)
In which we take a closer look at the action late on Tuesday, September 16, 1862- on the eve of the great battle.
Our not-a-book recommendation for this episode is “Antietam Expedition Guide” by TravelBrains & The History Channel.
ANTIETAM (Part the Fourth)
In which we finish setting the stage for the Battle of Antietam, as we take the discussion right up to the eve of the battle.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862” by D. Scott Hartwig.
ANTIETAM (Part the Third)
In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Battle of Antietam: The Bloodiest Day” by Ted Alexander.
ANTIETAM (Part the Second)
In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, Including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2-20, 1862” by Bradley M. Gottfried.
Our “bonus” recommendation for this episode is the Antietam Battlefield Map from the McElfresh Map Company.