Black Antietam: African Americans and the Civil War in Sharspburg

Read the story of the Battle of Antietam from the African American perspective.

The African American community around Sharpsburg, Maryland witnessed John Brown's raid, wartime skirmishes, the Battle of South Mountain, and the aftermath of the bloodiest day in American history. Read stories of encounters with Abraham Lincoln and Union and Confederate generals, and of Black civilian suffering and sacrifice in the cause of freedom. Their experiences during four years of Civil War come to life in vivid detail, often in their own words.

Award-winning historian Emilie Amt recounts the personal stories of African Americans, both enslaved and free, who lived on the battlefield and who worked in the armies who clashed there.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History PR
Published: 05/30/2022
ISBN: 9781540252531
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d