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"""Fully complementing each other, the maps and battle narratives of the companion studies Unfurl Those Colors! and Opposing the Second Corps at Antietam together comprise the literature's clearest and most complete tactical history of the West Woods and Sunken Road phases of the Antietam battle. These volumes should be regarded as essential components of the 1862 Maryland Campaign bookshelf."" --Civil War Books and Authors ""Opposing the Second Corps at Antietam is an excellent companion to Unfurl Those Colors. Armstrong masterfully recounts the key engagements of the battle at a level of detail no other scholar has done, a task made difficult by the scarcity of Confederate sources. Historians, battlefield trampers, and enthusiasts will welcome his deep analysis."" --Thomas G. Clemens, editor of The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Volume 1, South Mountain and The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Volume II, Antietam ""Marion V. Armstrong's Opposing The Second Corps At Antietam: The Fight For The Confederate Left And Center On America's Bloodiest Day is a masterful tactical study as only he can do. This is an essential book for any Antietam library."" --Ted Alexander, author Antietam: The Bloodiest Day and Historian, Antietam National Battlefield"

"Fully complementing each other, the maps and battle narratives of the companion studies Unfurl Those Colors! and Opposing the Second Corps at Antietam together comprise the literature's clearest and most complete tactical history of the West Woods and Sunken Road phases of the Antietam battle. These volumes should be regarded as essential components of the 1862 Maryland Campaign bookshelf."" —Civil War Books and Authors “Opposing the Second Corps at Antietam is an excellent companion to Unfurl Those Colors. Armstrong masterfully recounts the key engagements of the battle at a level of detail no other scholar has done, a task made difficult by the scarcity of Confederate sources. Historians, battlefield trampers, and enthusiasts will welcome his deep analysis.” —Thomas G. Clemens, editor of The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Volume 1, South Mountain and The Maryland Campaign of September 1862:Volume II, Antietam “Marion V. Armstrong's Opposing The Second Corps At Antietam: The Fight For The Confederate Left And Center On America’s Bloodiest Day is a masterful tactical study as only he can do. This is an essential book for any Antietam library.” —Ted Alexander, author Antietam: The Bloodiest Day and Historian, Antietam National Battlefield"

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Marion V. Armstrong Jr. is the author of Unfurl Those Colors: McClellan, Sumner, and the Second Army Corps in the Antietam Campaign. He is a retired US Army reserve officer and teaches history at Middle Tennessee State University.

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