From Cedar Mountain to Antietam, August - September, 1862: Cedar Mountain, Second Manasas, Chantilly, Harpers Ferry, South Mountain, Antietam. Maps by Colonel Wilbur S. Ny, USA-Ret.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company, (1959). First Edition, stated. Octavo, illustrated cloth (hardcover), [xiv] + 466 pp. Very Good+, with former-owner stamp and inscription; in a Very Good+ dust jacket in protective wrapper. From dust jacket: In the summer of 1862 Lincoln sought victory by constituting the Army of Virginia in the Warrenton area, under Maj. Gen. John Pope, to threaten Lee from that direction while McClellan continued to press against Richmond on the James River. But the Confederates, more agile mentally and physically, defeated Pope in detail, first at Cedar Mountain then on a larger scale at Second Manassas (Bull Run). Following a dramatic aftermath at Chantilly, Lee invaded the North, with Harrisburg as his initial objective. McClellan, preempting command of the combined Federal forces, follwed Lee to Frederick, thence over the western mountain passes where two battles were fought. Meantime Jackson circled around to capture Harpers Ferry, after which he rejoined Lee on the Antietam where was fought the bloodiest single day of the war. McClellan should have won, but his lethargy and errors caused the fight to end in a stalemate, after which Lee retreated into Virginia. The author, in addition to clarifying the flow of events, gives in his analysis the reasons for what happened, and brings into sharp relief the main characters of the drama... (Inventory #: 50449bd)