Support was not forthcoming. In September of 1862, after the Union's victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by ...

Although the Battle of Antietam is a much-studied encounter, Budiansky’s consideration of nine people caught up in the battle and its aftermath is thoughtful and insightful.

At Antietam, Burnside forced his troops into repeated ... Denied another mission, he resigned from the army on April 15, 1865, the day that Lincoln was assassinated. Burnside would later serve ...