Ep 153: Scott Hartwig on the Battle of Antietam

Update: 2024-10-18

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Scott Hartwig, author ofI Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign, joins the show to discuss the single bloodiest day in American military history, the Battle of Antietam.

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Times

• 01:46 Introduction

• 02:19 Why Antietam?

• 09:09 Sourcing history

• 12:45 Limited to total war

• 21:24 McClellan

• 28:00 Lee in Maryland

• 34:57 Geography

• 46:20 South Mountain to Antietam

• 55:49 The fighting

• 01:02:12 Mass and maneuver

• 01:04:44 Lee escapes

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Ep 153: Scott Hartwig on the Battle of Antietam

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Ep 153: Scott Hartwig on the Battle of Antietam