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.
SOUTH MOUNTAIN (Part the Fourth) / ANTIETAM (Part the First)
In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of South Mountain (which took place on September 14, 1862) and start to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam (which took place on September 17, 1862).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Antietam 1862: The Civil War’s Bloodiest Day” by Norman S. Stevens.
SOUTH MOUNTAIN (Part the Third)
In which we continue our look at the Battle of South Mountain, which took place on September 14, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Unholy Sabbath: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory” by Brian Matthew Jordan.
SOUTH MOUNTAIN (Part the Second)
In which we start to look at the fighting at the Battle of South Mountain, which took place on September 14, 1862 and was an important milestone on the two armies’ road to Antietam.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Lee’s Maverick General: Daniel Harvey Hill” by Hal Bridges.