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A savage thunder : Antietam and the bloody road to freedom / Jim Murphy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 103 p. : ill., maps ; 24 x 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780689876332 (hardcover)
  • 0689876335 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • Antietam and the bloody road to freedom
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E474.65 .M87 2009
Contents:
Invasion -- Panic -- Onwards -- S.O. 191 -- The gaps -- Retreat -- A great tumbling together -- The sunken road -- Burnside's bridge -- Cemetery Hill -- The smell of death -- Emancipation.
  • A Junior Library Guild selection
Summary: In September 1862, two great armies faced each other across Antietam Creek. The outnumbered Confederate forces were led by General Robert E. Lee. The Union army was led by General George B. McClellan. Jim Murphy uses archival photographs, maps, and firsthand accounts to recreate one of America's most important battles.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Speedway Children's Area Juvenile Non-Fiction J 973.7 MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 35550431060188
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98) and index.

Invasion -- Panic -- Onwards -- S.O. 191 -- The gaps -- Retreat -- A great tumbling together -- The sunken road -- Burnside's bridge -- Cemetery Hill -- The smell of death -- Emancipation.

In September 1862, two great armies faced each other across Antietam Creek. The outnumbered Confederate forces were led by General Robert E. Lee. The Union army was led by General George B. McClellan. Jim Murphy uses archival photographs, maps, and firsthand accounts to recreate one of America's most important battles.

Ages 8-12.

A Junior Library Guild selection

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