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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
D Scott Hartwig |
| ISBN: | 9781421406312 1421406314 |
| OCLC Number: | 772774167 |
| Description: | 794 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents: | The return of McClellan: "General, I am in command again" -- The Army of Northern Virginia: "Who could not conquer with troops such as these" -- The Army of Northern Virginia enters Maryland: "Our movements will be rapid" -- The Army of the Potomac: "If we fail now the North has no hope" -- The Army of the Potomac advances to Frederick: "You may be sure that I will follow them as closely as I can" -- Harpers Ferry: "To the last extremity" -- The Battle for Maryland Heights: "For god's sake don't fall back" -- September 13: "My general idea is to cut the enemy in two" -- The morning battle for Fox's Gap: "My god! Be careful!" -- Afternoon at Fox's Gap: "So little did we know of the etiquette of war" -- The First Corps attacks: "It looked like a task to storm" -- The Battle for Hill 1280: "Some of you will get hurt" -- Into Turner's Gap: "An ugly looking place to attack" -- Crampton's Gap: "The best fighting that has been done in this war" -- Retreat from South Mountain: "God has seldom given an army a grater victory than this" -- The trap closes and a cavalry dash: "The fate of Harper's Ferry was sealed" -- The fall of Harpers Ferry: "Through god's blessing, Harper's Ferry and its garrison are to be surrendered" -- September 16: "We are entirely too methodical" -- Eve of battle: "I shall not, however, soon forget that night". |
| Responsibility: | D. Scott Hartwig. |
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