A Field Guide to Antietam - by Carol Reardon & Tom Vossler (Paperback)

About the Book

Presents a guide to the Antietam battlefield with comprehensive maps and descriptions of the action, narratives about key figures and events, and a variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offering stories and interpretations.

Book Synopsis

The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, and still stands as the bloodiest single day in American military history. Additionally, in its aftermath, President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation. In this engaging, easy-to-use guide, Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler allow visitors to understand this crucial Civil War battle in fine detail. Abundantly illustrated with maps and historical and modern photographs, A Field Guide to Antietam explores twenty-one sites on and near the battlefield where significant action occurred. Combining crisp narrative and rich historical context, each stop in the book is structured around the following questions:

*What happened here?
*Who fought here?
*Who commanded here?
*Who fell here?
*Who lived here?
*How did participants remember the events?

With accessible presentation and fresh interpretations of primary and secondary evidence, this is an absolutely essential guide to Antietam and its lasting legacy.

Review Quotes

An innovative and highly effective formula for guiding visitors through a battlefield."--Civil War News

Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler have now produced a pair of truly exceptional battlefield touring guides. In content and presentation, their Gettysburg and Antietam volumes are originally designed tools with unique facets that clearly set them apart from a crowded field of largely imitative contenders. Hopefully, this is only the beginning." --Andrew J. Wagenhoffer, Civil War Books and Authors

Give[s] an inside look and human feel to the participants and their experiences in the text. . . . Informative, easy to use, and eminently affordable."--Journal of America's Military Past

Reardon and Vossler have created a terrific field guide for on-the-ground exploration of Antietam."--National Parks Traveler

The overall breadth and attention to detail within the Antietam guide is incredible."--Army History

About the Author

Carol Reardon is the George Winfree Professor of American History at Pennsylvania State University. Tom Vossler (colonel, U.S. Army, retired) is former director of the United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks. They are the authors of A Field Guide to Gettysburg: Experiencing the Battlefield through Its History, Places, and People.