| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Something of the Terrible: The Gathering of the Armies -- A Savage, Continual Thunder: The Battle of Antietam -- War in All Its Hideousness: The Battle's Aftermath -- Putrid Mess: Antietam's Hospitals -- Destitute State: The Army of the Potomac's Supply Crisis -- The Ravages of This War: Sharpsburg's "New Normal" -- Heart-Rending Disaster: The Devastation of Farmsteads -- Like Frost Before a Burning Sun: The Destruction of Landscape -- Beautiful Corpse: Antietam's Disease Outbreak -- A Tossed and Broken Sort of Place: Continuation of Hardships -- The Claimants' Misfortune: The Act of July 4, 1864 -- Sharpsburg vs. the United States: The Struggle to Recover. |
| Summary |
"When Hell Came to Sharpsburg: The Battle of Antietam and its Impact on the Civilians Who Called it Home investigates how Antietam wreaked emotional, physical, and financial havoc on the people of Sharpsburg, Maryland. Author Steven Cowie explores the savage struggle and explains how soldiers stripped the community of resources and spread diseases. Cowie also examines the civilians' struggle to recover from their unexpected and often devastating losses"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.
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Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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Sharpsburg (Md.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Social aspects |
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Maryland https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkxFCqq7cQBtvRGb9J7HC |
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Maryland -- Sharpsburg https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwhDhgBTrCDj87rV7C84q |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9RxkMwD8h64CPrTGb |
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Battle of Antietam (Maryland : 1862) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9FDhPVXj4xy6yhmym |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Title |
Battle of Antietam and its impact on the civilians who called it home |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cowie, Steven. When hell came to Sharpsburg. El Dorado Hills, CA : Savas Beatie, [2022] 9781611215908 (DLC) 2022006590 (OCoLC)1265457047 |
| ISBN |
9781611215915 (electronic bk.) |
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1611215919 (electronic bk.) |
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9781611215908 |
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1611215900 |
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