Pennsylvania at Antietam; Report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission of Pennsylvania and Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Mark the Position of Thirteen of the Pennsylvania Commands Engaged in the Battle
Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer, 1906. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 259, [1] pages Illustrations. General Index. No dust jacket present. Cover is worn and soiled. Front board weakness noted. Frontispiece had been disbound but has been reglued in place. Title page and verso mission and replaced with laid-in xerox-style copies obtained from another copy located on the internet. Rear board weakness noted and restrengthened with glue. Folding map reported to be at the back of the volume is NOT PRESENT. Bookplate of previous owner on fep verso. This work documents not only the actions of the thirteen Pennsylvania commands that were engaged at the Battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862), but also the statue memorials erected to these groups on the site. The Pennsylvania commands named n the Act of Assembly who were engaged in the battle were 45th, 48th, 50th, 51st, 100th, 124th, 125th, 128th 130th 132e and 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and Durrell's Battery of Artillery. Per internet source: Volume includes "26 photolithograph half-tones with tint plate in both screen and random dot. Photographs of personages, scenery and statues. A commemorative volume for the ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the position of 13 of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle at Antietam. Frontispiece portrait of Major General George B. McClellan. The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. Part of the Maryland Campaign, it was the first field army–level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It remains the bloodiest day in American history, with a tally of 22,726 dead, wounded, or missing on both sides. Although the Union Army suffered heavier casualties than the Confederates, the battle was a major turning point in the Union's favor. After pursuing Confederate General Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Major General George B. McClellan of the Union Army launched attacks against Lee's army who were in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Major General Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's Cornfield, and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Major General Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Major General A. P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burnside and ending the battle. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout September 18, while removing his battered army south of the Potomac River. McClellan successfully turned Lee's invasion back, making the battle a strategic Union victory. From a tactical standpoint, the battle was somewhat inconclusive; the Union Army successfully repelled the Confederate invasion, but suffered heavier casualties and failed to defeat Lee's army outright. President Abraham Lincoln, unhappy with McClellan's general pattern of overcaution and his failure to pursue the retreating Lee, relieved McClellan of command in November. Nevertheless, the strategic accomplishment was a significant turning point in the war in favor of the Union due in large part to its political ramifications: the battle's result gave Lincoln the political confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. This effectively discouraged the British and French governments from recognizing the Confederacy, as neither power wished to give the appearance of supporting slavery. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 125th Pennsylvania V
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