Skarpskytten
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- Joined
- Dec 7, 2016
- Location
- Växjö, Sweden
I hoping to be able to convince the editor of the Swedish historical magazine Militär historia (I'll let you figure out the translation by yourself) to commission me to write a cover article on Antietam. To do so I need to write a good pitch, and that in turn requires some research. I would like your help to navigate the Antietam literature. [ACW is really maginalized in swedish historical culture of today. Its all about WW2 and Sweden's "Age of Greatness". Militär historia will do one pre-1900 cover during 2022, so what I'm having here is a very rare opportunity to put ACW on the cover of Swedens only military history magazine].
Best book? Assume I'm going to read just one book - which one is the best on the battle and the preceeding campaign? Stephen W Sears Landscape Turned Red. The Battle of Antietam (1984) seems to be a good contender. Is it a good choice or are there newer, better books that I should consider?
Soldiers perspectice? I would like to find one or more books which contains eyewitness accounts of the battle, not combat reports from officers (those can be found online) but rather soldiers accounts of the combat, seeing the elephant, that kind of stuff. Is there a good modern book that gathers such accounts? Or are there any good diaries, letter collections or autobiographies that would be useful for this purpose?
Best book? Assume I'm going to read just one book - which one is the best on the battle and the preceeding campaign? Stephen W Sears Landscape Turned Red. The Battle of Antietam (1984) seems to be a good contender. Is it a good choice or are there newer, better books that I should consider?
Soldiers perspectice? I would like to find one or more books which contains eyewitness accounts of the battle, not combat reports from officers (those can be found online) but rather soldiers accounts of the combat, seeing the elephant, that kind of stuff. Is there a good modern book that gathers such accounts? Or are there any good diaries, letter collections or autobiographies that would be useful for this purpose?