The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: On this single day, the battle claimed nearly 23,000 casualties. In Landscape Turned Red, the renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only by its leaders but also by its soldiers, both Union and Confederate. Combining brilliant military analysis with narrative history of enormous power, Landscape Turned Red is the definitive work on this climactic and bitter struggle.
Stephen W. Sears is the author of many acclaimed books on the Civil war including Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He has been called “the finest and most provocative Civil War historian writing today.” (Chicago Tribune). A former editor at American Heritage, he lives in Connecticut.
