audiobook The March to Antietam: The History of the Confederate Invasion of Maryland Before the Bloodiest Day of the Civil War by Charles River Editors in History

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A Soldier's First-Hand Account...An Eyewitness Civil War Dispatch "The book is an account written a few days after the battle by one who; though only a staff officer; took so prominent a part that he was promoted from a lieutenancy to a colonelcy for his bravery. On the third day of the conflict he happened to be the only mounted man in the field; and; says Gen. F. A. Walker; 'rode between the two lines; then swaying backward and forward under each other's fire; calling upon the men of the Second Division to follow him; and setting an example of valor and self-devotion; never forgotten by any man of the thousands who witnessed it.' He is a master of good English....Particularly interesting is the description of the council of war held by Gen. Meade in the bedroom of a little farmhouse; and it would be difficult to find a more thrilling narrative than his account of the repulse of the final assault. Col. Haskell was killed in the battle of Cold Harbor; and about fifteen years later; this story; written for his brother; was printed for private circulation. In 1898 it was reprinted in this history of the class of 1854; Dartmouth; of which he was a member. These editions were so small that they attracted little attention. It is now printed again 'as an incentive to patriotic thought.'" -The Nation