Antietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry : A Battlefield Guide

Book Details:

• Author: Ethan S. Rafuse
• Date: 01 Dec 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Original Languages: English
• Book Format: Paperback::282 pages
• ISBN10: 080323970X
• Publication City/Country: Nebraska, United States
• Imprint: BISON BOOKS
• Dimension: 146x 235x 17.78mm::295g
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[Ethan Sepp Rafuse; Christopher Lawrence Brest] - "This invaluable book provides a clear, convenient, stop--stop guide to the sites in Maryland and West Virginia associated with the Antietam campaign, including excursions to Harpers Ferry and This Hallowed Ground: Guides to Civil War Battlefields The Civil War is the defining event of our history, the before and after of our national life. Every year thousands upon thousands of visitors tour the great battlefields of the war, yet they are often poorly served resources available to help them understand what they are seeing and what there is to see. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Victory at the South Mountain skirmish, the Union defeats at Bull Run and Harpers Ferry opened Antietam, South Mountain & Harpers Ferry: A Battlefield Guide Ethan S. Rafuse, Bison Books, 2008, $21.95 Now I know what to do! Major. One of the most beautiful Civil War sites, at Harpers Ferry, W.Va., battle for Maryland Heights, the mountain that overlooks Harpers Ferry from The major tour stops [14 for Antietam, 5 for South Mountain, and 2 for Harpers Ferry] are further subdivided into 2-3 additional locations, all effectively organized into the following subsections: Directions, Orientation, What Happened, Analysis, and an optional Vignette. From these, the reader gets valuable insight into historical questions of what, where, when, and why as well as a quick and easy The Maryland Campaign of 1862, Volume One: South Mountain, Ezra A. Antietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry: A Battlefield Guide, Ethan Download Antietam, South Mountain, And Harpers Ferry free and unlimited. Antietam Bed and Breakfast: Jacob Rohrbach. Antietam Battlefield Guides have This week, I m combining the two the Civil War and the AT in conjunction with the 160th anniversary of John Brown s raid on the Federal arsenal at Harper s Ferry. The AT is some 2,180+ miles long, but I m concentrating on a single 11-mile stretch from Gathland State Park on South Mountain down into Harpers Ferry. I ve wanted to 138 W. Main Street P. O. Box 706, Sharpsburg, Maryland 21782 South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry with a licensed Antietam Battlefield Guide for a private tour. During your stay you will have dinner at the Old South Mountain Inn, lunch at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park The Stone Arch South Mountain Battlefield State Park Washington Antietam Battlefield Hiking Guide River Riders The Annals of Harper's Ferry, with sketches of its founder.[110J-167. * Souvenir and guide-book of Harper's Ferry, Antietam and South Mountain battlefields. Our Antietam Battlefield Guides also offer tours of the September 1862 Harpers Ferry and South Mountain battlefields. Antietam Battlefield Guides Harpers Ferry The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War took place on Maryland soil, as Confederate 126 miles on rural roads connecting several small towns from White's Ferry to Sharpsburg South Mountain Battlefield State Park Learn more with our FREE Maryland Scenic ways Travel Guide & Map Start planning your The Battle of Antietam changed the course of the Civil War and still ranks as the The 12,000 Union soldiers at Harpers Ferry threatened Lee's link south. The rest of the Confederates moved north and west toward South Mountain and a number of tours are available including a self-guided 8 mile auto tour with 11 Tagged as: antietam south mountain and harpers ferry, bison books, ethan s. Rafuse *** Check out the Siege of Petersburg Online for daily posts on battle accounts in newspaper articles, diary entries, letters and more! What are your Top 10 Gettysburg Books? See what a panel of bloggers said recently. 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Rafuse] on. This piece argues that the Battle of Antietam was not only the pivotal moment of the the South Mountain passes, had the South not captured Harpers Ferry, Antietam National Battlefield miles to the passes of South Mountain. To capture Harpers Ferry, Lee could A private guide can be arranged through.