On the evening of September 17, 1862, in the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Private Franklin Thompson of the Second ...

Since then, our beautiful country has fought two other wars. We call them the First and Second World War. We have endured ...

“No time,” she replied, getting in her car, “Antietam closes at 5:00 so we need ... loss of life that occurred there on Sept. 17, 1862. We stepped out of the car at the Corn Field.

Support was not forthcoming. In September of 1862, after the Union's victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by ...

Lee. The episode climaxes in September 1862 with Lee's invasion of Maryland. On the banks of Antietam Creek, the bloodiest day of the war takes place, followed shortly by the brightest ...

Pawlak offers a concise overview of the Maryland campaign of 1862, complete with the admirable inclusion ... book is the balance between events – this is not just an account of Antietam with some ...