<i>Controversies and Commanders of the Civil War</i> might well be the most intriguing book ever published about the Civil War, for it focuses on the people and events that one of our best historians has found most fascinating, including: Professor Lowe's reconnaissance balloons; the court-martial of Fitz John Porter; the Lost Order at Antietam; press coverage of the war; the looting of Fredericksburg; the Mud March; the roles of volunteers, conscripts, bounty jumpers, and foreign soldiers; the notorious General Dan Sickles, who shot his wife's lover outside the White House, and the much-maligned Generals McClellan (justifiably) and Hooker (not so justifiably). The book follows the Army of the Potomac throughout the war, from 1861 to 1865, painting a remarkable portrait of the key incidents and personalities that influenced the course of our nation's greatest cataclysm.
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Stephen Ward Sears is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War. His work concentrates on the military history of this era, particularly the battles and leaders of the Army of the Potomac. Sears previously served as an editor for the Educational Department at the American Heritage Publishing Company. His writing delves into the intricacies of military campaigns and tactics that shaped the conflict's progression.
This is a history of the largest and bloodiest campaign of the American Civil War - one in which a quarter of a million men fought, and one in four died.
This book does not recount the history of the Civil War. Rather, the intent is to give, in words and pictures, impressions of that war.
<b>Combining brilliant military analysis with rich narrative history, <i>Landscape Turned Red</i> is the definitive work on the Battle of Antietam.</b> 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 <i>New York Times</i> <i>Book Review</i> has called "the best account of the Battle of Antietam."