The Antietam Campaign

Posted on 20 March 2018 by Gary W. Gallagher

The Maryland campaign of September 1862 ranks among the most important military operations of the American Civil War Crucial political, diplomatic, and military issues were at stake as Robert E Lee and George B McClellan maneuvered and fought in the western part of the state The climactic clash came on September 17 at the battle of Antietam, where than 23,000 men fell in the single bloodiest day of the war.Approaching topics related to Lee s and McClellan s operations from a variety of perspectives, contributors to this volume explore questions regarding military leadership, strategy, and tactics, the impact of the fighting on officers and soldiers in both armies, and the ways in which participants and people behind the lines interpreted and remembered the campaign They also discuss the performance of untried military units and offer a look at how the United States Army used the Antietam battlefield as an outdoor classroom for its officers in the early twentieth century.The contributors are William A Blair, Keith S Bohannon, Peter S Carmichael, Gary W Gallagher, Lesley J Gordon, D Scott Hartwig, Robert E L Krick, Robert K Krick, Carol Reardon, and Brooks D Simpson for catalog, in place of 3rd paragraph The contributors William A BlairKeith S BohannonPeter S CarmichaelGary W GallagherLesley J GordonD Scott HartwigRobert E L KrickRobert K KrickCarol ReardonBrooks D SimpsonThe Maryland campaign of September 1862 ranks among the most important military operations of the American Civil War The climactic clash came on September 17 at the battle of Antietam, where than 23,000 men fell in the single bloodiest day of the war Exploring topics related to Lee s and McClellan s operations from a variety of perspectives, contributors to this volume examine questions of military leadership, strategy, and tactics the performance of untried military units and the ways in which the battle has been remembered The contributors are William A Blair, Keith S Bohannon, Peter S Carmichael, Gary W Gallagher, Lesley J Gordon, D Scott Hartwig, Robert E L Krick, Robert K Krick, Carol Reardon, and Brooks D Simpson The editor is Gary W Gallagher. 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Gallagher – kino-fada.fr Gary Gallagher has written edited a number of books on the Civil War This book is an edited volume, focusing on several aspects of the sanguinary battle at Antietam, fought in 1962 All told, there are ten essays in this volume, with Gallagher contributing the lead essay As with all edited volumes, some of the works may not be up to the same standards as others But, overall, this is a useful volume It might best be used by reading it alongside one of the better histories of the battler, such Gary Gallagher has written edited a number of books on the Civil War This book is an edited volume, focusing on several aspects of the sanguinary battle at Antietam, fought in 1962 All told, there are ten essays in this volume, with Gallagher contributing the lead essay As with all edited volumes, some of the works may not be up to the same standards as others But, overall, this is a useful volume It might best be used by reading it alongside one of the better histories of the battler, such as Stephen Sears Landscape Turned Red The Battle of Antietam Let s take a look at some of the essays to illustrate what the book is about Gallagher begins the book with an essay on how the south saw the aftermath of the battle He notes that, in the final analysis, southerners wer...Essays On AntietamEarly in September, 1862, Robert E Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland in what became the Confederacy s first invasion of the North General McClellan received command of the Union troops following the disaster of Second Manassas In a daring move, Lee divided his army in an attempt to capture Harpers Ferry, and McClellan had the good fortune to recover Special Order No 191 detailing the movements of the Confederate units McClellan pr Essays On AntietamEarly in September, 1862, Robert E Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland in what became the Confederacy s first invasion of the N...The ten essays in this volume are interesting and well researched, Robert Krick s analysis of the fighting at Bloody Lane especially so.It s not obvious until you see the table of contents that this is a sequel to Antietam Essays on the 1862 Maryland Campaign rather than an expanded edition This is another entry in the growing Military Campaigns of the Civil War series, all of them edited by Gallagher and featuring essays by Gallagher and various other Civil War historians as usual, Robert Krick contributed an essay.Topics covered are Confederate reaction to the campaign AotP after Antietam and McClellan s influence on it It s not obvious until you see the table of contents that this is a sequel to Antietam Essays on the 1862 Maryland Campaign rather than an expanded edition This is another entry in the growing Military Campaigns of the Civil War series, all of them edited by Gallagher and featuring essays by Gallagher and various other Civil War historians as usual, Robert Krick contributed an essay.Topics covered are Confederate reaction to the campaign AotP after Antietam and McClellan s influence on it how the campaign helped define Confederate self image Confederate logistical problems during the campaign performance of fresh Union volunteer regiments 16th Connecticut Volunteers of the Corps of Burnside Cox Confederate artillery on Nicodemus Heights Hauser s Ridge Bloody Lane William Pendleton s poor performance at Shepherdstown Army War College studying the campaign decades after the warAs Gallagh...Essays covering various aspects of the battle compiled by Gary Gallagher Includes discussion of the use of green troops by the north, poor supply for the south, Stuart s artillery, etc

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20 March 2018

Gary W. Gallagher