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Overnment was openly talking of of Freedom Antietam The Battle MOBI #8608 recognizing the Confederacy and brokering a peace between North and South Northern armies and voters were demoralized And Lincoln had shelved his proposed edict of emancipation months before waiting for of Freedom Antietam The Battle MOBI #8608 a victory that had not come that some thought would never comeBoth Confederate and Union troops knew the war was at a crossroads that they were marching toward a decisive battle It came along the ridges and in the woods and cornfields between Antietam Creek and the Potomac River Valor misjudgment and astonishing coincidence all played a role in the outcome McPherson v James McPherson's A

James M. McPherson Ò Crossroads of Freedom Antietam The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War Pdf

Crossroads of Freedom Antietam The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil WarIvidly describes a day of savage fighting in locales that became forever famous The Cornfield the Dunkard Church the West Woods and Bloody Lane Lee's battered army escaped to fight another day but Antietam was a critical victory for the Union It restored morale in the North and kept Lincoln's party in control of Congress It crushed Confederate hopes of British intervention And it freed Lincoln to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation which instantly changed the character of the warMcPherson brilliantly weaves these strands of diplomatic political and military history into a compact swift moving narrative that shows why America's bloodiest day is indeed a turning point in our histo I just flew through

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