The maps of Antietam : an atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2-20, 1862 / Bradley M. Gottfried.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gottfried, Bradley M., author.

Series:

Savas Beatie military atlas series ; 4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maryland Campaign, 1862.

Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862--Maps.

Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.

Maryland Campaign, 1862--Maps.

South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862--Maps.

South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862.

Shepherdstown (W. Va.)--History, Military--19th century.

Shepherdstown (W. Va.).

West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

West Virginia.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2-20, 1862

Place of Publication:

El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign is the eagerly awaited companion volume to Bradley M. Gottfried's bestselling The Maps of Gettysburg (2007) and The Maps of First Bull Run (2009), part of the ongoing Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series.Now available as an ebook short, The Maps of Antietam: The Battle of Shepherd.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Foreword

Map Set 1. The Invasion of Maryland (September 2 - 13, 1862)

Map 1.1: September 2 - 4, 1862

Map 1.2: September 4 - 5, 1862

Map 1.3: September 6, 1862

Map 1.4: September 7 - 8, 1862

Map 1.5: September 9, 1862

Map 1.6: September 10, 1862

Map 1.7: September 11, 1862

Map 1.8: September 12, 1862

Map 1.9: September 13, 1862

Map Set 2. Preparing for Battle: The South Mountain Gaps (September 13 - 14, 1862)

Map 2.1: September 13

Map 2.2: September 14

Map Set 3. South Mountain: Fox's Gap (Morning)

Map 3.1: Preliminary Movements (6:00 - 8:00 a.m.)

Map 3.2: Scammon and Garland Deploy (9:00 - 9:30 a.m.)

Map 3.3: The Buckeyes Attack (9:30 - 10:00 a.m.)

Map 3.4: The Death of Samuel Garland (10:00 - 10:15 a.m.)

Map 3.5: Confederate Reinforcements Arrive (10:15 - 11:00 a.m.)

Map 3.6: Most of Garland's Brigade is Defeated (11:00 - 11:30 a.m.)

Map 3.7: The Buckeyes Battle the 13th North Carolina (11:30 a.m. - noon)

Map Set 4. South Mountain: Fox's Gap (noon - 8:00 p.m.)

Map 4.1: Midday Lull (noon - 2:00 p.m.)

Map 4.2: Additional Confederate Reinforcements Arrive (2:00 - 4:00 p.m.)

Map 4.3: Thomas Drayton's Brigade Redeploys (4:00 - 4:30 p.m.)

Map 4.4: Scammon and Willcox Attack Drayton's Brigade (4:30 - 5:00 p.m.)

Map 4.5: Drayton's Brigade Collapses (5:00 - 5:30 p.m.)

Map 4.6: G. T. Anderson's Dilemma (5:30 - 6:00 p.m.)

Map 4.7: George B. Anderson's Failed Attack (6:00 - 6:45 p.m.)

Map 4.8: The Death of Jesse Reno (6:30 - 8:00 p.m.)

Map Set 5. South Mountain: Frosttown Plateau (2:00 - 9:00 p.m.)

Map 5.1: Hooker's I Corps Approaches the Field (2:00 - 3:45 p.m.)

Map 5.2: Meade's Division Engages Rodes' Brigade (4:00 - 6:00 p.m.)

Map 5.3: Rodes is Defeated (6:00 - 7:00 p.m.).

Map 5.4: The Arrival of Steven's South Carolina Brigade (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.)

Map Set 6. South Mountain: Turner's Gap (3:30 - 9:00 p.m.)

Map 6.1: Hatch's Division Advances (3:30 - 5:30 p.m.)

Map 6.2: Patrick's Brigade Attacks Garnett's Virginians (5:30 - 6:30 p.m.)

Map 6.3: Hatch's Division Closes on Garnett and Kemper (6:30 - 7:00 p.m.)

Map 6.4: Garnett and Kemper are Defeated (7:00 - 7:30 p.m.)

Map 6.5: Doubleday Attacks, Walker's Brigade Arrives (7:30 - 8:30 p.m.)

Map 6.6: Gibbon's "Iron" Brigade Enters the Fight (5:15 - 6:30 p.m.)

Map 6.7: The "Iron" Brigade Defeats Colquitt's Brigade (6:30 - 9:00 p.m.)

Map Set 7. South Mountain: Crampton's Gap (11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.)

Map 7.1: The Confederates Deploy (11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Map 7.2: Federal Troops Deploy (4:00 - 5:00 p.m.)

Map 7.3: Pre-Battle Positioning (5:00 - 5:30 p.m.)

Map 7.4: The Confederates Abandon their Defenses (5:30 - 5:45 p.m.)

Map 7.5: The Destruction of Cobb's Legion (5:45 - 6:15 p.m.)

Map 7.6: The Federals Continue up the Mountainside (6:15 - 6:30 p.m.)

Map 7.7: The Fight at Padgett's Field (6:30 - 7:00 p.m.)

Appendix 1: Orders of Battle

Appendix 2: An Interview with Author Bradley M. Gottfried

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

Author.

Notes:

Relief shown by shading and hachures.

Series statement taken from dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-311) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781611210873

1611210879

9781611211672

1611211670

OCLC:

1314619732