The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Volume I : South Mountain.

Intro -- Coverpage -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Frontis page -- Contents -- Foreword by Ted Alexander -- Introduction and Acknowledgments -- Note on the Carman Manuscript -- Maps and Illustrations -- Chapter 1 Maryland -- Chapter 2 The Confederate Invasion of Maryland -- Chapter 3 The Confederate Army Crosses the Potomac -- Chapter 4 General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac 117 -- Chapter 5 Advance of the Army of the Potomac from Washington to Frederick and South Mountain 163 -- Chapter 6 Harper's Ferry -- Chapter 7 South Mountain (Crampton's Gap), September 14, 1862 -- Chapter 8 South Mountain ,(Fox's Gap), September 14, 1862 -- Chapter 9 South Mountain (Turner's Gap), September 14, 1862 -- Chapter 10 From South Mountain to Antietam -- Chapter 11 McLaws and Franklin in Pleasant Valley -- Appendix 1 Organization of the Armies -- Appendix 2 Interview With Thomas G. Clemens -- FootNotes -- Bibliography -- About The Author.

When Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland in early September 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan moved his reorganized and revitalized Army of the Potomac to meet him. Combined with Southern failures in the Western Theater, the fighting dashed the Confederacy's best hope for independence, convinced President Abraham Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, and left America with what is still its bloodiest day in history.Ezra Ayres Carman was born in Oak Tree, New Jersey, on February 27, 1834, and educated at Western Military Academy in Kentucky. He fought with New Jersey organizations throughout the Civil War, mustering out as a brevet brigadier general. He was appointed to the Antietam National Cemetery Board of Trustees and later to the Antietam Battlefield Board in 1894. Carman also served on the Chattanooga-Chickamauga Battlefield Commission. He died in 1909 and was buried just below the Custis-Lee mansion in Arlington Cemetery.Thomas G. Clemens (editor), earned his doctoral degree at George Mason University. Tom is a licensed tour guide at Antietam National Battlefield. An instructor at Hagerstown Community College, he also helped found and is the current president of Save Historic Antietam Foundation, Inc., a preservation group dedicated to saving historic properties.

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