Combining brilliant military analysis with rich narrative history, Landscape Turned Red is the definitive work on the Battle of Antietam.
The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: on this single day, the war claimed nearly 23,000 casualties. Here renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only by its leaders but also by its soldiers, both Union and Confederate, to produce what the New York Times Book Review has called "the best account of the Battle of Antietam."
Stephen Sears recreates the vivid drama of the Civil War battle at Antietam. 9 cassettes.
"A modern classic." The Chicago Tribune
"No other book so vividly depicts that battle, the campaign that preceded it, and the dramatic political events that followed."—Washington Post Book World The Washington Post
"Authoritative and graceful . . . a first-rate work of history." Newsweek
| Introduction | xi | |
| Prologue. The Last, Best Hope | 1 | |
| 1. | The Limits of Limited War | 19 |
| 2. | Confederate Tide | 49 |
| 3. | Will Send You Trophies | 74 |
| 4. | Fire on the Mountain | 114 |
| 5. | We Will Make Our Stand | 150 |
| 6. | To the Dunker Church | 180 |
| 7. | A Savage Continual Thunder | 216 |
| 8. | The Spires of Sharpsburg | 255 |
| 9. | To Nobly Save or Meanly Lose | 298 |
| Epilogue: A Last Farewell | 336 | |
| Appendix I. | The Lost Order | 349 |
| Appendix II. | Burnside and His Bridge | 353 |
| Appendix III. | The Armies at Antietam | 359 |
| Sources and Acknowledgments | 373 | |
| Notes | 375 | |
| Bibliography | 405 | |
| Index | 415 |
Anonymous
Posted April 16, 2008
This book is a great reference on the Battle of Antiteam. Mr. Sears provides insight on both the Federal and Confederate sides 'leadership, status of the armies' both prior to and after the battle, as well as practically blow-by-blow accounts of the battle. It can be a little overwhelming for readers who are just getting into the subject, but awesome nonetheless.
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Posted April 12, 2013
Sears scholarship is faultless. His writing style provides a superb narrative. BUT... while he conveys the complexity and confusion of the battlefield extremely well, it is difficult to get a clear understanding of the moves and counter moves without help of some visual aids. There are too few maps and the maps try to account for too long a time span in a single drawing. More maps covering perhaps troop movements hour by hour across the entire battlefield would have been a HUGE help.
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Overview
Combining brilliant military analysis with rich narrative history, Landscape Turned Red is the definitive work on the Battle of Antietam.
The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: on this single day, the war claimed nearly 23,000 casualties. Here renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as ...