A savage thunder : Antietam and the bloody road to freedom / Jim Murphy.
Material type:
- 9780689876332 (hardcover)
- 0689876335 (hardcover)
- Antietam and the bloody road to freedom
- E474.65 .M87 2009
- A Junior Library Guild selection
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Speedway Children's Area | Juvenile Non-Fiction | J 973.7 MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 35550431060188 |
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