02 Oct Writer Choice
37911For your final project you are required to write a paper that analyzes a significant battle and assesses its influence on the course of the Civil War. Your paper should be a minimum of eight to ten pages in length and should be supported by reputable sources.
The five key factors that you will need to address in your battle analysis are:
When and why did this particular battle take place?
Where did it take place?
What influenced the outcome of this battle?
What influence did the outcome of this particular engagement have on the campaign of which it was part?
What influence did that particular campaign have on course of the Civil War?
Battle at Antietam
1. Political/Social
a. Political issues at the time
b. Social issues at the time
2. Date/Time of year
a. Weather
3. Terrain
a. Three separate battles-research terrain of all three locations
b. Did weather affect the terrain
4. Generals
a. Who was in charge of the units at the time
b. Changes in Command
5. Significance
a. Why was this battle so significant
6. Weapons
a. Weapons used during this battle
b. Were they different than other battles
7. Battles
a. Individual battles fought
b. Turning Points
8. Outcome
a. Influence on the rest of the war
Here’s a list of resources to help:
Antietam. (2018). Civil War Trust. Retrieved 28 April 2018, from https://www.civilwar.org/learn/civil-war/battles/antietam
Battle Of Antietam | HistoryNet. (2018). HistoryNet. Retrieved 28 April 2018, from http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-antietam
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, by James M. McPherson (New York: Ballantine Books, 1989).
Hagan, K. J., & Bickerton, I. J. (2007). Four: The Civil War, 1861-65. London: Reaktion Books Ltd. Retrieved from https://fir.tesu.edu:2128/docview/906102300?accountid=40921
History.com Staff, B. (2009). Battle of Antietam – American Civil War – HISTORY.com. HISTORY.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018, from https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-antietam
Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction, 2nd ed., Michael Perman, editor (Houghton Mifflin, 1998).
McClellan at Antietam. (2018). Civil War Trust. Retrieved 28 April 2018, from https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/mcclellan-antietam
Robert E. Lee’s Decision to Invade the North in September 1862. (2018). Civil War Trust. Retrieved 28 April 2018, from https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/robert-e-lees-decision-invade-north-september-1862
Sears, S. W. (2012). High Stakes at Antietam. American Heritage, 62(2), 40-47.
Alexander, Ted. “Two Great American Armies: The Opposing Forces at Antietam.” Civil War Times 45, no. 7 (September 2006): 22-31. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=22144420&site=ehost -live
Cheeks, Robert C. “Federal flank attack at Dunker Church.” America’s Civil War 10, no. 4 (September 1997): 54. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9709065397&site=eh ost-live
Frye, Dennis. “Antietam: Bloody September Day.” America’s Civil War (2003): 20-27. http://search.proquest.com/docview/223336287?accountid=163667.
Hartwig, D. S. “Antietam’s Fury Remembered.” America’s Civil War 15, no. 4 (09, 2002): 38-45. http://search.proquest.com/docview/223344879?accountid=163667.
Hoiser, Scott. “Savage skirmish near Sharpsburg.” America’s Civil War 11, no. 4 (September 1998): 38. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=858439&site=ehostlive
Holsworth, Jerry W. “Uncommon Valor: Hood’s Texas Brigade in the Maryland Campaign.” Blue and Gray Magazine (Summer 1996): 6-20, 50-55.
Marvel, William. “More than Water Under Burnside’s Bridge.” America’s Civil War 18, no. 6 (01, 2006): 46-50,52. http://search.proquest.com/docview/223342522?accountid=163667.
R.M. “Antietam.” America’s Civil War 10, no. 4 (September 1997): 53. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9709065396&site=eh ost-live
Reese, Timothy J. “A typographical shortcut distorts George B. McClellan’s reactions to the September 1862 ‘Lost Order.’.” America’s Civil War 17, no. 5 (November 2004): 18-20. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=14251364&site=ehost -live
Reid, Brian Holden. “General McClellan and the Politicians.” Parameters: U.S. Army War College 17, no. 3 (September 1987): 101-112.
Robert, Barr Smith. “Killing Zone at Burnside’s Bridge.” Military History 21, no. 2 (06, 2004): 34-40. http://search.proquest.com/docview/212658885?accountid=163667.
Sears, Stephen W. “Antietam 1862 ‘The Roar and Rattle’.” MHQ: Quarterly Journal Of Military History 22, no. 4 (Summer2010 2010): 24-35. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=31h&AN=50874449&site=ehost -live
Sears, Stephen W. “High Stakes at Antietam.” American Heritage 62, no. 2 (Summer2012 2012): 40-47. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=79925999&site=ehost -live
Sears, Stephen W. “The Last Word on the Lost Order.” MHQ: Quarterly Journal of Military History 4, no. 3 (Spring1992 1992): 66-73.
Southard, Jonathan. “Antietam: high stakes, lost opportunities.” Command (May-June 1993): 12-23.
Thiele, Gregory A. “McClellan at Antietam another View.” North & South: The Official Magazine Of The Civil War Society 12, no. 4 (October 2010): 31-37. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=31h&AN=54478967&site=ehost -live
Toney, B. Keith. “Horrors of the Bloody Lane.” America’s Civil War 10, no. 4 (September 1997): 62. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9709065398&site=eh ost-live
Weider History, Group. “America’s Bloodiest Day.” America’s Civil War 20, no. 4 (September 2007): 26-29. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=25695116&site=ehost -live
Wert, Jeffry D. “Disaster in the west woods.” Civil War Times 41, no. 5 (October 2002): 32. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=8909632&site=ehostlive
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