HF Antietam Fiction?

[JeffBrooks]

Are there any good fictional novels dealing with the Battle of Antietam? I'm not familiar with any off the top of my head. Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[tbuckley]

The only Antietam fiction I have read was Six Days In September by Alexander Rossino.

 

[Library Lady]

Here are some that I know of:

Antietam Assassins by Michael Kilian. This is part of an enjoyable Civil War mystery series. The author was the Chicago Tribune's Washington correspondent for a number of years.

Antietam assassins

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Antietam by James Reasoner. This is part of a long Civil War-themed series. I haven't read it yet, so I have no opinion on it. Scroll down to "Published Reviews" in the link below for professional opinions.

Antietam

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The Bloody Ground by Bernard Cornwell. This is the last volume in the Starbuck Chronicles. I would suggest reading the other 3 first because they build on each other. The "Published Review" in the link below is for the audiobook, but it will still give you an idea of what to expect. Cornwell is also the author of the Sharpe's Rifles series. In fact, Sharpe's son makes a cameo appearance in one of the Starbuck Chronicles books. I'm not sure if it is this one.

The bloody ground

Nate Starbuck, Boston renegade and Confederate officer, is sent to Richmond to take command of a battalion of criminals, murderers, deserters, and other misfits of society to prepare them for the next major battle of the Civil War.

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[Belfoured]

The only Antietam fiction I have read was Six Days In September by Alexander Rossino.

Which is good.

 

[Philip Leigh]

Are there any good fictional novels dealing with the Battle of Antietam? I'm not familiar with any off the top of my head. Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

CONFEDERATES by Thomas Keneally. Includes a fictional explanation about how the Lost Order got lost.

 

[GilbertFarney]

Give this a try. https://www.savasbeatie.com/six-day...es-army-in-maryland-1862-hc/?ref=CivilWarTalk

 

[A. Roy]

Are there any good fictional novels dealing with the Battle of Antietam?

As mentioned by @tbuckley , "Six Days in September" is an interesting example.
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[SJU]

No Certain Rest by Jim Lehrer.

 

[TallTallMan]

It is covered extensively in Freedom by William Safire. It gets about five pages in Gods and Generals, while you get about fifteen on Williamsburg and twenty of Hancock talking to his wife about Mexican Catholic traditions. What a slam-bang!

 

[TallTallMan]

I would like a Shaara-Peters style novel about Antietam, since most involve fictional characters, and as I stated above, Jeff Shaara doesn't give us much of that pivotal fight.

 

[Richard Appledorf]

Bloody Ground by Bernard Cornwall; better known for the Richard Sharpe series. In this version the lost order is no accident.