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Name: Landscape Turned Red
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Author: Stephen W. Sears

📘 Landscape Turned Red by Stephen W. Sears

September 17, 1862, the bloodiest day in American military history, unfolded on the fields of Antietam Creek, Maryland. Stephen W. Sears reconstructs that pivotal clash using newly discovered diaries, dispatches, and letters, revealing both the strategic duel between Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan and the gripping emotions of the soldiers on both sides. By foregrounding personal experiences alongside military maneuvers, the book offers a vivid, human perspective on one of the Civil War’s most decisive battles.

First publish date: 1983

Genre: History/Military History

Authors: Stephen W. Sears

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