The Gleam of Bayonets: The Battle of Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, September 1862 by Murfin, James V.; Robertson, James I. (Introduction) - 1982

Louisiana State University Press, 1982. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Bowlby, James D. (Maps). 1985 2nd printing. Single spine crease, top page ridge lightly foxed. 1982 Trade Paperback. 451 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Preface; Introduction by James I. Robertson, Jr.; Dramatis Personae; McClellan - Lincoln's Dilemma; The Most Propitious Time; The Flower of Lee's Army; All the Plans of the Rebels; Harpers Ferry; South Mountain; Harper's Ferry is to Be Surrendered; The Gleam of Bayonets; Bloody Lane; Burnside's Bridge; Fatal Thursday; McClellan's Bodyguard; Epilogue; Appendix A: Lee's Lost Dispatch; Appendix B: A Confederate Proclamation to Pennsylvania; Appendix C: Organization of the Union and Confederate Armies at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), September 17, 1862; Appendix D: Maryland Campaign Casualty Reports; Appendix E: Important Documents Pertaining to the Maryland Campaign of 1862; Notes; Bibliography; Index.