"I cannot imagine a better reenactment, or better narration than this. Like many Virginians, I had family in that battle, fortunately not at the corn field, and I imagine the Battle of Sharpsburg and the other battles of the war looked just like this."
"Filmed in the actual Miller cornfield after the producers planted period-appropriate, checkrow pattern corn there in order to get the visual aspects of this story just right. Historian Gordon Rhea, David Finney, and James I. “Bud” Robertson take you through that field with the men of the 1st Texas Infantry, where they sustained exactly the same casualty figures as the men of the Alamo in 1836.
"We’ve included the full segment of the Texas counterattack in Miller’s cornfield. This is the director’s favorite scene, and it was captured by his 2nd unit director, the Civil War painter Dan Nance, in artistic style. We are currently working on Volume Two of the mini-series. Please support this effort by subscribing to this channel, and visit our website at www.historicalfilms.org. Every purchase there supports the completion of this unique project – the most in depth study of the Battle of Antietam. Thank you."
"Antietam Battlefield is one of my favorite Civil War hallowed grounds to visit. It is easy access off of I-70 to the sleepy little hamlet of Sharpsburg Md just on the other side of the Potomac River from Sheperdstown(oldest town)WV. The town is very similar to its original appearance back 162 years ago. Unlike Gettysburg which is so commercialized it looks like Branson Missouri this national treasure still exudes its original humble grandeur. Having been to Vicksburg, Lookout Mtn, Mansfield La, Bentonville NC and Phillipi WV(first land battle), Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Appomattox Courthouse theres few sites I havent seen. For any students of the Civil War who havent made it to Antietam Creek, do so! You wont be disappointed! Harper's Ferry is also less than a hour away."
"Antietam, the deadliest one-day battle in American military history, showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater. It also gave President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation at a moment of strength rather than desperation.
How it ended
"Inconclusive. General Robert E. Lee committed his entire force to the battle, while [the timid] Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan sent in less than three quarters of his. With the full commitment of McClellan’s troops, which outnumbered the Confederates two to one, the battle might have had a more definitive outcome. Instead, McClellan’s half-hearted approach allowed Lee to hold ground by shifting forces from threat to threat." . . .
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