Of all the days on all the fields where American soldiers have fought, the most terrible was September 17, 1862. The Civil War battle waged on that date at Antietam Creek, in western Maryland, took a human toll never exceeded in our history. Winner of the Fletcher Platt Award for best nonfiction book about the Civil War, here is the definitive work on this bitter struggle. 16-page photo insert; 10 maps.
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Of all the days on all the fields where American soldiers have fought, the most terrible was September 17, 1862. The Civil War battle waged on that date at Antietam Creek, in western Maryland, took a human toll never exceeded in our history. Winner of the Fletcher Platt Award for best nonfiction book about the Civil War, here is the definitive work on this bitter struggle. 16-page photo insert; 10 maps.
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