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List of maps -- Author's note -- Hell comes to Sharpsburg -- Stakes -- The cornfield -- Little Mac v. Bobby Lee -- Georgia boys and general chaos -- Instrument of Providence -- Mercy follows a massacre -- The bloody lane -- Down to raisins -- Can 12,500 solidiers take one stone bridge? -- A lurid sunset -- Thursday's reckoning -- Surgical procedures, Lincoln's prescription -- The dead of Antietam -- By proclamation -- Further explorations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.;On September 17, 1862, the "United States" was on the brink, facing a permanent split into two separate nations. America's very future hung on the outcome of a single battle--and the result reverberates to this day. Given the deep divisions that still rive the nation, given what unites the country, too, Antietam is more relevant now than ever. The epic battle, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was a Civil War turning point. The South had just launched its first invasion of the North; victory for Robert E. Lee would almost certainly have ended the war on Confederate terms. If the Union prevailed, Lincoln stood ready to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. He knew that freeing the slaves would lend renewed energ

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Author

Lincoln, Abraham;Martin, Justin

Publisher

Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780306922268

Category

history

Subjects

History, Political Science, American Studies

Rating

4.5 / 5 (84 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14