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.

On September 17, 1862, during what became known as the Battle of Antietam ... silence on the very same bridge, painstakingly restored to its 1862 appearance by the National Park Service and now known ...

Ambrose Burnside's roller-coaster military career included early Civil War successes ... failures. At Antietam, Burnside forced his troops into repeated assaults across a narrow bridge dominated ...

On July 6, 1978, a Thursday, the Carters and other members of their family visited several Civil War-related and ... Carter with a picture of Burnside Bridge. Carter was the last president to visit ...