Research Catalog

Title

The cornfield : Antietam's bloody turning point / David A. Welker.

Author

Welker, David A.

Publication

Havertown, PA : Casemate Publishers, 2020.

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Details

Description

x, 356 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Offers new perspectives ... of how the battle of Antietam was fought and its role in American history"--

Alternative Title

Bloody turning point

Subject

• 1862
• Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
• Maryland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.

Contents

Planting the seed of a campaign -- The road to Antietam : September 4-15, 1862 -- Emerging from the fog : September 16 -- America's bloodiest day dawns : midnight to sunrise -- The cornfield : Ricketts's division opens the ball -- The cornfield : Doubleday's attack -- The cornfield : Hood's division counterstrikes -- The cornfield : Mansfield wrests order from chaos -- The cornfield : Williams turns the tide -- The cornfield : Union success weighs in the balance -- The cornfield's influence : Sumner assaults the west woods -- The cornfield's influence : Greene's division takes the ridge -- The cornfield's influence : Franklin's moment and the VI Corps arrive -- The cornfield's influence : the South seeks the offensive -- "How did they remain and live so long?"

Call Number

JFE 21-6914

ISBN

• 9781612008325
• 1612008321

OCLC

1145341443

Author

Welker, David A., author.

Title

The cornfield : Antietam's bloody turning point / David A. Welker.

Publisher

Havertown, PA : Casemate Publishers, 2020.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.

Chronological Term

1862

Research Call Number

JFE 21-6914