Antietam 1862: Gateway to Emancipation

by T. Stephen Whitman

This book explains how the Battle of Antietam--a conflict that changed nothing militarily--still played a pivotal role in the Civil War by affording Abraham Lincoln an opportunity to announce the emancipation of slaves in states in rebellion.

Antietam 1862: Gateway to Emancipation examines the connections between the Maryland Campaign culminating in the battle of Antietam in 1862 and the drive to emancipate slaves to win the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313397333
• ISBN13: 9780313397332
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years