2007-03-24 06:10:37 · 10 answers · asked by demandfreespeech 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Note: U.S. Grant was NOT present at Antietam. George McClellan has the distinction of being the Union commander at the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War.
2007-03-24 06:50:24 · update #1
What LIVING Civil War historian is the leading expert on Antietam?
2007-03-24 07:01:52 · update #2
Speaking as a historian there is no debate:
James McPherson.
The late Shelby Foote was a great military writer (Foote is not a historian since he never attended college, he is referred to as a writer NOT a historian) and he has a good general overview knowledge, but as for historical analysis and synthesis, Professor McPherson of Princeton is un-paralleled on Antietam. He recently wrote a book all about just that battle. Check it out,
2007-03-24 07:41:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe Joseph L. Harsh among academic historians,
Stephen Sears among popular historians.
2007-03-24 13:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by CanProf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shelby Foote or Bruce Catton
2007-03-24 13:49:43 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the writings of Shelby Foote.
2007-03-24 13:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen W. Sears
2007-03-24 14:17:38 · answer #5 · answered by WMD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
USGrant was the leader of the bloodiest day in battle
2007-03-24 13:14:08 · answer #6 · answered by Yo Manda 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sears and McPherson are your best bet. Sears's book THE LANDSCAPE TURNED RED is more detailed.
2007-03-24 16:33:59 · answer #7 · answered by o41655 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
*BELCH!* Well Mr. Curious George is certainly not in the running........ I'd have to say God Almighty.... correct me if I'm wrong on this. Your question does not rule out Deities.
2007-03-26 08:01:09 · answer #8 · answered by Fester 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Shelby Foote. If he's not, he will know who is.
2007-03-24 13:14:44 · answer #9 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://aotw.org/index.php
2007-03-25 22:27:55 · answer #10 · answered by Brian Ramsey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋