Antietam (The Civil War Battle Series, Book #3)

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Synopsis
[From the back cover] Will glanced at the cornfield to his right and saw the hail of bullets cutting through the growth, knocking ears of corn from their stalks and making the plants sway as if a wind were blowing over them. It was a wind of death, thought Will, and that was all he had time to think before the Federals were upon them. He emptied his pistol at almost point-blank range as the leading edge of the Union attack reached the trees. Around him, the men of his company could hold back no longer. With Rebel yells sounding from their throats, they leaped forward, firing their rifles, thrusting with bayonets, slashing with rifle butts. The two sides came together with an audible crash. Grunts of exertion mingled with shrieks of pain. Men who tripped and fell were trampled ruthlessly underfoot by friend and foe alike. Will pulled his saber from its scabbard. His training in its use had been rudimentary at best, but he knew how to hack back and forth with the blade. As he fought, his senses alternated between a heightened awareness and a dull numbness. There were moments that were crystal clear, etched in his memory for the rest of his life: the open, shouting mouth of a Union soldier lunging at him, the bitter stench of powder smoke in his nose, the burning pain of a bullet that grazed his left shoulder and tore his uniform but left only a red mark on his flesh. At other times he seemed surrounded by a fog that pressed in on him so that the figures around him were blurry and the sounds of battle only a distant din. But always he fought, striking out at anyone in a blue uniform. Something brushed his face, and he realized it was a corn tassel. He had stumbled into the field without knowing it. All around him the plants were falling, some of the stalks cut down by flying bullets, others toppled by the bodies of men as they fell, the wounded, the dead, and the dying. Green was splashed with crimson and then crushed into the earth.
Copyright:
2000

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
381 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781581820843
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
James Reasoner
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Jim Baugh
Proofread By:
book lover
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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This book is the third in the Civil War series. If you've liked the first two this book continues with showing Mac and Wills fighting in the war. I really like the discriptions of the war, and think Reasoner did a good job painting a picture. The books ending is amazing and will make you want to read the forth book in the series.