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Antietam Throw
As bullets whizzed overhead and artillery boomed in the distance, Clara
Barton cradled the heads of suffering soldiers at the Battle of Antietam.
It was the first major Civil War engagement on northern soil and the
bloodiest day in American history. Commemorate the personalities of the
battle with this heirloom-quality, 100% preshrunk cotton Ultraweave throw featuring portraits of A.P.
Hill, George McClellan and Clara Barton.
Measures a generous 48"x 60".
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Army of the Potomac
For Gen. George B. McClellan, the dejected Union troops defeated at Bull
Run in July 1861 were to provide the raw material that he would train,
equip, organize and ultimately transform from a mere mob into an effective
fighting force. In October 1861, the Army of the Potomac officially came
into being. This volume explores how this transition came about, with a
particular emphasis on weapons, uniforms and equipment. 48 pages, 40 B&W
and 24 color illustrations, 7¼"x 9¾", softcover.
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Army of the Potomac
McClellan Takes Command, September 1861-February 1862. Beatie. Using
manuscript sources, many of which have never before been examined, you'll
study the war's first six months of fighting - from McClellan's first
advance to secure a buffer around Washington to the announcement of his
grand plans to march on Richmond - and the command decisions of the army's
senior officers within the political context of the day. 636 pages, 6¼"x
9½", hardcover.
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Battle of Antietam - Poster
Featuring a reproduction of an 1887 Kurz & Allison print, a battlefield
map, and B&W photos of George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee, this poster
is printed on parchment-colored paper and measures 18"x 24".
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Civil War Generals
This poster features 12 photographs of - and brief quotes from - Generals
Forrest, Grant, Lee, Sheridan, Johnson, Butler, Hood, Sherman, Jackson,
McClellan, Pickett and Meade. 24"x 36" poster is printed on heavy weight
paper that is perfect for mounting or framing.
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Civil War Generals in Defeat
Stephen E. Woodworth, ed. Rejecting the view that significant defeats were
due simply to poor generalship, the authors show you how
Albert Johnston failed in the
face of extreme conditions and inadequate support, how Joe Hooker and John
Pemberton were outmatched in confrontations with Lee and Grant, how George
McClellan in the Peninsula Campaign and Don Carlos Buell at Chattanooga
faced political as well as military complications, and how
Joseph Johnston failed to adapt to
challenges in Virginia. 248 pgs., 6"x 9", hdbd.
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Controversies and Commanders
Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac. Sears. This book follows the Army
of the Potomac through the course of the war, painting a remarkable
portrait of key incidents and personalities that influenced the outcome of
our nation's greatest cataclysm. It investigates the Lost Order of
Antietam, the revolt of the Potomac army's high command, the notorious
General Dan Sickles, the much-maligned
Generals McClellan and Hooker, and much more. 320 pgs., 5¼"x 8", sfbd.
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Death in September
The Antietam Campaign.
In one of the greatest intelligence coups of the Civil War, two Union
soldiers found a copy of General Robert E. Lee's orders to divide his army
for the capture of Harpers Ferry in September 1862. This book dramatically
presents the ensuing battle in which Lee's badly outnumbered troops faced
the staccato assaults of General McClellan in the bloodiest day of the war
at Antietam Creek. 160 pgs., 33 B&W photos and 13 maps, 6"x 9", hdbd.
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Fair Oaks 1862
Campaign Series
McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. Konstam. Following its humiliating defeat
at the First Battle of Bull Run, Gen. George B. McClellan took command of
the Union Army. In early 1862, he devised a plan to end the war in a
single campaign, but on May 31st the Confederates changed everything when
they struck his divided forces at Fair Oaks. With the help of full-color
battle scenes, 3D maps and illustrations, this book details this
controversial campaign and the Southern attempt to halt the Union
juggernaut. 96 pgs., 84 photos and illustrations, 7¼"x 9¾".
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George B. McClellan
The Young Napoleon, Sears. By age 35, General George B. McClellan,
designated the "Young Napoleon," was the commander of all the Northern
armies. He forged the Army of the Potomac into a formidable battlefield
foe, and fought the longest and largest campaign of the time as well as
the single bloodiest battle in the nation's history. This biography draws
entirely on primary sources to create a splendidly incisive portrait of
this charismatic and controversial general. 512 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.
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George B. McClellan and Civil War History
In the Shadow of Grant and Sherman. Rowland. One of the most controversial
Generals of the Civil War, George B. McClellan is often negatively
compared to Generals Grant and Sherman for his unwillingness to use his
army in battle. This book offers a new examination of his actions in the
context of influential factors that prevailed early in the war. 248 pages,
6"x 9", hardcover.
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Rebels at the Gate
Lee and McClellan on the Front Line of a Nation Divided. Lesser. Set in
the lush hills and mountains of Virginia during the beginnings days of the
Civil War, this spellbinding account of early battles led by Lee and
McClellan recalls fundamental issues so polarizing that the people of
Virginia were willing to divide their state over them - a decision that
would ultimately influence the outcome of the war. 375 pages, 45 B&W
photos and illustrations, 6"x 9", hardcover.
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The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan
Selected Correspondence 1860-1865. Sears, ed. This collection of
McClellan's candid letters about himself, his motivations and his
intentions reveals much fresh information on the military operations and
political schemes he was involved with, and sheds new light on his complex
personality. It's an important, firsthand view of what went on behind the
scenes of America's most terrible war. 651 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.
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To the Gates of Richmond
The Peninsula Campaign.
Sears. McClellan's plan to fight a decisive battle near Richmond to end
the Civil War in 1862 failed when Robert E. Lee took command of the
Confederate forces. Through eyewitness accounts from combatants on both
sides and a variety of detailed maps, you'll learn what marches and
hardships were like for the common soldier and how McClellan's cautious
tactics contributed to the outcome of this lengthy campaign and changed
the course of the war. 512 pages, 6"x 9", softcover.
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Union Generals of the
Civil War
With images from the Library
of Congress, this poster features 12 photographs and brief biographies
covering John Buford, Oliver Otis
Howard, Philip Henry
Sheridan, Joshua L.
Chamberlain, William T.
Sherman, Winfield Scott
Hancock, John Alexander
McClernand, George B.
McClellan, James Brewerton
Ricketts, John Fulton
Reynolds, Ambrose Everett
Burnside and
Ulysses S.
Grant. 24"x 36" poster is
printed on heavy paper that is perfect for mounting or framing.
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