I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign

by D. Scott Hartwig

The definitive account of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day of the Civil War.

Finalist of the American Battlefield Trust Military History Book Prize, Winner of the Richard Barksdale Harwell Award

The memory of the Battle of Antietam was so haunting that when, nine months later, Major Rufus Dawes learned another Antietam battle might be on the horizon, he wrote, "I hope not, I dread the thought of the place." In this definitive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421446596
• ISBN13: 9781421446592
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 976 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.4" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher