Front cover image for The Gleam of Bayonets : the Battle of Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, September 1862

The Gleam of Bayonets : the Battle of Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, September 1862

One of the bloodiest days in American military history, the Battle of Antietam turned the title of the Civil War in favor of the North and delivered the first major defeat to Robert E. Lee's army. James V. Murfin gives an account of the events and personalities involved in this momentous battle.
Print Book, English, 2004
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, La., 2004
472 pages ; 23 cm
9780807130209, 0807130206
1063360465
Originally published: New York: T. Yoseloff, 1965