BURNSIDE'S BRIDGE - STRUGGLE OF 2ND AND 20TH GEORGIA AT ANTIETAM

Description: BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE THE CLIMACTIC STRUGGLE OF THE 2ND AND 20TH GEORGIA AT ANTIETAM CREEK BY PHILLIP THOMAS TUCKER FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION BOOK IN MINT CONDITION DUST JACKET Brand New, Unread, Pristine Condition Book. Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly-Bound, New Book Loaded with Photos, Illustrations and Maps Fully Referenced and Indexed; Bibliography PUBLISHED BY STACKPOLE BOOKS, MECHANICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, IN 2000 During the late summer of 1862, General Robert E. Lee ordered his Army of Northern Virginia to cross the Potomac for the first time. Thousands of seasoned veterans in faded gray and butternut marched with confidence across the rolling countryside of Maryland in the first confederate invasion of the North. General Lee was gambling that he could win a decisive victory on northern soil to gain foreign recognition and independence for the Southern nation. With his army scattered across much of western Maryland in mid-September 1862, General Lee was forced to hurriedly concentrate his forces along Antietam Creek to face the unexpected rapid advance of General George E. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac. General Lee again gambled that the relatively few Rebels at hand would hold firm to buy time until the arrival of his dispersed units. The clash between the armies at Antietam on September 17, 1862 resulted in the bloodiest single day of the war. At a little stone bridge, later know as Burnside’s Bridge, across the Antietam on the Army of Northern Virginia’s right flank, the 2nd and 20th Georgia Infantries, let by Brigadier General Robert Toombs, held off a venerable Yankee juggernaut. Without immediate support or adequate munitions, fewer than 300soldier held nearly thirty regiments of the Federal IX Corps at bay for five hours, repelling five attacks on the bridge. These same soldiers spearheaded the counterattack of General Hill’s reinforcements that hurled the IX Corps back toward the bridge later that afternoon. Despite the remarkable nature of the Georgians’ accomplishments, the full story of this tenacious struggle for possession of Burnside’s Bridge as never been told in detail until now. The actions of the Georgia defenders have been overlooked by historians who have, in turn, underestimated the significance of their efforts on the outcome of the battle that day. Burnside’s Bridge attempts to rectify this historical negligence and dispel some of the myths and untruths that have arisen regarding the details of the events of September 17, 1862. Using previously unexamined primary sources, the author presents a balanced and compelling account of this struggle for Burnside’s Bridge. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This first edition book is brand new, unread, and in pristine condition. It comes in a mint condition dust jacket. The book is clean, sharp, bright and solidly bound. It contains photos, illustrations and battle maps. Fully referenced and indexed. Bibliography. 198 pages. A wonderful, brand-new, First Edition book. BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE THE CLIMACTIC STRUGGLE OF THE 2ND AND 20TH GEORGIA AT ANTIETAM CREEK BY PHILLIP THOMAS TUCKER FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION BOOK IN MINT CONDITION DUST JACKET Brand New, Unread, Pristine Condition Book. Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly-Bound, New Book Loaded with Photos, Illustrations and Maps Fully Referenced and Indexed; Bibliography PUBLISHED BY STACKPOLE BOOKS, MECHANICKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, IN 2000 During the late summer of 1862, General Robert E. Lee ordered his Army of Northern Virginia to cross the Potomac for the first time. Thousands of seasoned veterans in faded gray and butternut marched with confidence across the rolling countryside of Maryland in the first confederate invasion of the North. General Lee was gambling that he could win a decisive victory on northern soil to gain foreign recognition and independence for the Southern nation. With his army scattered across much of western Maryland in mid-September 1862, General Lee was forced to hurriedly concentrate his forces along Antietam Creek to face the unexpected rapid advance of General George E. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac. General Lee again gambled that the relatively few Rebels at hand would hold firm to buy time until the arrival of his dispersed units. The clash between the armies at Antietam on September 17, 1862 resulted in the bloodiest single day of the war. At a little stone bridge, later know as Burnside’s Bridge, across the Antietam on the Army of Northern Virginia’s right flank, the 2nd and 20th Georgia Infantries, let by Brigadier General Robert Toombs, held off a venerable Yankee juggernaut. Without immediate support or adequate munitions, fewer than 300soldier held nearly thirty regiments of the Federal IX Corps at bay for five hours, repelling five attacks on the bridge. These same soldiers spearheaded the counterattack of General Hill’s reinforcements that hurled the IX Corps back toward the bridge later that afternoon. Despite the remarkable nature of the Georgians’ accomplishments, the full story of this tenacious struggle for possession of Burnside’s Bridge as never been told in detail until now. The actions of the Georgia defenders have been overlooked by historians who have, in turn, underestimated the significance of their efforts on the outcome of the battle that day. Burnside’s Bridge attempts to rectify this historical negligence and dispel some of the myths and untruths that have arisen regarding the details of the events of September 17, 1862. Using previously unexamined primary sources, the author presents a balanced and compelling account of this struggle for Burnside’s Bridge. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This first edition book is brand new, unread, and in pristine condition. It comes in a mint condition dust jacket. The book is clean, sharp, bright and solidly bound. It contains photos, illustrations and battle maps. Fully referenced and indexed. Bibliography. 198 pages. A wonderful, brand-new, First Edition book. Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! Sign up for my email newsletters by adding my eBay Store to your Favorites ENJOY THE BOOKSHOP Get images that make Supersized seem small. THE simple solution for eBay sellers.

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