{"product_id":"to-hazard-all-robert-orrison-9781611214093","title":"To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862","description":"\"The present seems to be the most propitious time since the commencement of the war for the Confederate Army to enter Maryland,\" wrote Robert E. Lee following his army's stunning success at Second Manassas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConfederate armies advanced across a thousand mile front in the summer of 1862. The world watched anxiously--could the Confederacy achieve its independence? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReacting to the Army of Northern Virginia's trek across the Potomac River, George B. McClellan gathered the broken and scattered remnants of several Federal armies within Washington, D. C. to repel the invasion and expel the Confederates from Maryland. \"Everything seems to indicate that they intend to hazard all upon the issue of the coming battle,\" he said of the invading force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorians Robert Orrison and Kevin Pawlak trace the routes both armies traveled during the Maryland Campaign, ultimately coming to a climactic blow on the banks of Antietam Creek. That clash on September 17, 1862, to this day remains the bloodiest single day in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862 offers several day trip tours and visits many out-of-the-way sites related to the Maryland Campaign. Chapters include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConfederates Enter Maryland\u003cbr\u003eThe Federals Respond\u003cbr\u003eThe Investment of Harpers Ferry\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of South Mountain\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Antietam\u003cbr\u003eReturn to Virginia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Orrison, Kevin Pawlak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611214092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611214093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Savas Beatie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Robert Orrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938783199487,"sku":"9781611214093","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ba8c36a-a189-4783-b665-98487b91f4c5.jpg?v=1681437691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-hazard-all-robert-orrison-9781611214093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}