Author: MCPHERSON, JAMES M.
Title: Crossroads of Freedom, Antietam: The Battle That Changed the Course of the CIVIL War
Description: New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195135210. A first printing of James M. McPherson's account of the pivotal Battle of Antietam. The battle was fought on September 17, 1862 along Antietam Creek north of Washington in Maryland during the American Civil War. It is described on the jacket flap as the bloodiest single day in American history, with the killing of over 6,000 soldiers. Includes several black & white photos and engraved illustrations as well as a number of maps. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with spine titling stamped in red foil. Dust jacket with Captain James Hope's color painting of the battlefield. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket lacks damages and is wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvi, 203 pages. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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