Landscape Turned Red

Of all the days on all the fields where American soldiers have fought, the most terrible was September 17, 1862. The Civil War battle waged on that date at Antietam Creek, Maryland, took a human toll never exceeded on any day in our nation's history. The battle at Antietam was pivotal to the course of the war, yet the complete story of this climactic and bitter struggle has never been told. In Landscape Turned Red, Stephen W. Sears draws on a wealth of newly discovered diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam -- and drama it is, pitting high-stakes military…