Miller Cornfield at Antietam: The Civil War's Bloodiest Combat

by Phillip Thomas Tucker PhD

Overview

Author Phillip Thomas Tucker reveals the triumph and tragedy of the greatest sacrifice of life of any battleground in America.

On September 17, 1862, the forces of Major General George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee's entire Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Union forces mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank in the idyllic Miller Cornfield. It was the single bloodiest day in the history of the Civil War. The elite combat units of the Union's Iron Brigade and the Confederate Texas Brigade held a dramatic showdown and suffered immense losses through vicious attacks and counterattacks sweeping through the cornstalks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625858658
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/26/2017
Series:	Civil War Series
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,145,703
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Dr. Phillip Thomas Tucker is an author and historian of numerous acclaimed publications, including George Washington's Surprise Attack, Pickett's Charge, Death at the Little Bighorn and more. After earning his PhD in 1990, he took a position as civilian historian with the department of defense. He resides in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

1 The Ill-Fated Invasion of Maryland 19

2 The Texas Brigade's Supreme Challenge on America's Bloodiest Day 38

3 Saving the Day at Antietam 93

4 Tenacious Last Stand at the Cornfield's Northern Edge 140

Bitter Epilogue 195

Appendix. Order of Battle 211

Notes 233

Index 251

About the Author 256