Black Antietam: African Americans and the Civil War in Sharpsburg
By Emilie Amt
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Read the story of the Battle of Antietam from the African American perspective.
The African American community around Sharpsburg, Maryland witnessed John Brown's raid, wartime skirmishes, the Battle of South Mountain, and the aftermath of the bloodiest day in American history. Read stories of encounters with Abraham Lincoln and Union and Confederate generals, and of Black civilian suffering and sacrifice in the cause of freedom. Their experiences during four years of Civil War come to life in vivid detail, often in their own words.
Award-winning historian Emilie Amt recounts the personal stories of African Americans, both enslaved and free, who lived on the battlefield and who worked in the armies who clashed there.
Emilie Amt
Emilie Amt is an emeritus professor of history at Hood College in Maryland and an award-winning writer of African American history. She lives near Antietam National Battlefield and serves on the Friends of Tolson's Chapel Board of Directors. With a doctorate in history from Oxford University, she has published many books and articles on warfare, women's history and religion.
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