Battlefield detectives : Civil War : Antietam.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Millar, James.

Arts and Entertainment Network.

History Channel (Television network)

New Video Group.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.

Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maryland.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 electronic resource (50 min.))

Other Title:

Civil War : Antietam

Antietam

Place of Publication:

[New York?] : A&E Television Networks, c2004.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

General Robert E. Lee's first invasion into the North ended in the Battle of Antietam--the bloodiest single day in the Civil War--and in all US history. Just 12 hours of fighting resulted in nearly 23,000 casualties. On September 17, 1862, two determined armies gathered near Sharpsburg, a quiet backwater near Antietam Creek in western Maryland. Union forces were desperate to repel the South's invasion of their territory. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, its back to the Potomac River, was fighting for its very existence. Much was at stake. But just why was Antietam such a terrible killing field? Now the latest forensic techniques are shedding new light on the question. Experts from the fields of archaeology, geology, weapons technology, and pathology investigate this uniquely horrific moment in American history.

Notes:

Originally broadcast on the History Channel.

Previously published as DVD.

OCLC:

677926511