About the Author

STEPHEN W. SEARS is the author of many award-winning books on the Civil War, including Gettysburg and Landscape Turned Red. A former editor at American Heritage, he lives in Connecticut.,

Reviews

"The best account of the Battle of Antietam." The New York Times Book Review "A modern classic." The Chicago Tribune "No other book so vividly depicts that battle, the campaign that preceded it, and the dramatic political events that followed." -- Washington Post Book World The Washington Post "Authoritative and graceful . . . a first-rate work of history." Newsweek --