Comments on: Top 5 Civil War Books on the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/ Informed Amateurs Blog the American Civil War Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Great Antietam Sites on the Anniversary of the Battle | TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/comment-page-1/#comment-13894 Great Antietam Sites on the Anniversary of the Battle | TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:27:43 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=4638#comment-13894 [...] I’d like to also toot my own horn briefly and provide a link to my Top 5 Antietam Books post from earlier this year.  Please be sure to check out all of these great sites and take a [...] [...] I’d like to also toot my own horn briefly and provide a link to my Top 5 Antietam Books post from earlier this year.  Please be sure to check out all of these great sites and take a [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/comment-page-1/#comment-5046 admin Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:19:06 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=4638#comment-5046 Don, I'm glad you liked my Antietam list. Stay tuned, because on July 1-3, 2009 a bunch of bloggers, including me, will be posting our Top 10 Gettysburg Books. The final results will be tabulated and posted here at TOCWOC. It should be an interesting experiment. Brett Don,

I’m glad you liked my Antietam list. Stay tuned, because on July 1-3, 2009 a bunch of bloggers, including me, will be posting our Top 10 Gettysburg Books. The final results will be tabulated and posted here at TOCWOC. It should be an interesting experiment.

Brett

]]> By: d.d. albers http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 d.d. albers Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:00:41 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=4638#comment-5032 brett, you list is very good. i have read only two books on antietam. sear's and priest's. i recently bought two of the books you suggested, murphy's gleam of bayonets and gallagher's book the antietam campaign. i have browsed through both books and i am well satisfied with both choices. thanks for your suggestions. don brett, you list is very good. i have read only two books on antietam. sear’s and priest’s. i recently bought two of the books you suggested, murphy’s gleam of bayonets and gallagher’s book the antietam campaign. i have browsed through both books and i am well satisfied with both choices. thanks for your suggestions. don

]]> By: Top 10 Civil War Books on the Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg Civil War Blogs Series | TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/comment-page-1/#comment-4790 Top 10 Civil War Books on the Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg Civil War Blogs Series | TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog Fri, 29 May 2009 12:45:53 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=4638#comment-4790 [...] this to a friend?Subscribe to the comments for this post?After recently writing a bog entry on the Top 5 Civil War Books on the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862, I decided to write out a Top 10 list for the campaign and battle of Gettysburg.  However, [...] [...] this to a friend?Subscribe to the comments for this post?After recently writing a bog entry on the Top 5 Civil War Books on the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862, I decided to write out a Top 10 list for the campaign and battle of Gettysburg.  However, [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/comment-page-1/#comment-4213 admin Thu, 07 May 2009 13:50:10 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=4638#comment-4213 Scott, Honestly, my analysis is pretty similar to yours. I can't say anything bad about Murfin's book, but later authors seems to have done Antietam better and with more detail. Brett Scott,

Honestly, my analysis is pretty similar to yours. I can’t say anything bad about Murfin’s book, but later authors seems to have done Antietam better and with more detail.

Brett

]]> By: Scott Mingus http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/comment-page-1/#comment-4211 Scott Mingus Thu, 07 May 2009 10:33:30 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=4638#comment-4211 What's your opinion on James Murfin's 1960s book A Gleam of Bayonets? It was the first Antietam book I read as a pre-teen and I must have read it a dozen times or more (the pages started falling out of the old paperback). I agree the newer books are better, but Murfin's remains a classic in that it was the first exhaustive look at the campaign that I knew of. Your analysis, Brett? What’s your opinion on James Murfin’s 1960s book A Gleam of Bayonets? It was the first Antietam book I read as a pre-teen and I must have read it a dozen times or more (the pages started falling out of the old paperback). I agree the newer books are better, but Murfin’s remains a classic in that it was the first exhaustive look at the campaign that I knew of.

Your analysis, Brett?

]]> By: admin http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/comment-page-1/#comment-3857 admin Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:12:50 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=4638#comment-3857 Thanks Jim! Harsh is my own personal favorite, but I dropped him a few spots in this list because of the Confederate-centric viewpoint (which Harsh freely admits for those unfamiliar with his work) and his unorthodox but fascinating "what did Lee know and when did he know it" approach to the campaign. If anyone who is already familiar with the battle asks me for only one book, Harsh would be it. I hope his health allows him to eventually create the "Union companion" to Taken at the Flood which is similar to Sounding the Shallows. Thanks Jim! Harsh is my own personal favorite, but I dropped him a few spots in this list because of the Confederate-centric viewpoint (which Harsh freely admits for those unfamiliar with his work) and his unorthodox but fascinating “what did Lee know and when did he know it” approach to the campaign. If anyone who is already familiar with the battle asks me for only one book, Harsh would be it. I hope his health allows him to eventually create the “Union companion” to Taken at the Flood which is similar to Sounding the Shallows.

]]> By: Jim Rosebrock http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/comment-page-1/#comment-3855 Jim Rosebrock Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:45:45 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=4638#comment-3855 Brett I think you have a terrific list for someone who wants to learn about the battle of Antietam to start with. I am glad to see Harsh on your list. He is tops in my list. Regards Jim Brett
I think you have a terrific list for someone who wants to learn about the battle of Antietam to start with. I am glad to see Harsh on your list. He is tops in my list.
Regards
Jim

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