Landscape Turned Red
The Battle of Antietam

The lands and farms and forests around Sharpsburg, Maryland, became truly a world of blood on September 17, 1862, just as a peaceful little creek called Antietam ran with the blood of wounded and slain Unionists and Confederates. So absolute was the mayhem and slaughter and chaos and violence of the......more

I wouldn’t necessarily call this “the definitive work on the Battle of Antietam” anymore, which is how the book’s description read when it was published more than four decades ago. But it is a well-written, very readable, concise history that will certainly do the job for anyone interested in the ba......more

Excels in every way -- equal to the best of Bruce Catton. This is the definitive story of the Battle of Antietam!......more

The best account of Antietam I have ever read and probably the best book about any Civil war battle I have ever read. I really appreciated Sear’s sarcasm about the slowness of McClellan and his need to micromanage all the logistical details such as setting up camp the night prior to his offensive. G......more

How familiar are you with the American Civil War? Can you tell McClernand from McClellan from McPherson? Did you know there was a General Ewell of importance for both the Union and Confederacy? One more miniquiz question: in what states would one find Shiloh, Corinth, and Fredericksburg? What I am t......more