The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

The work of Ezra Ayers Carman is critical to the scholarship of the Maryland campaign of 1862. Although he served in the NJ Infantry during the battle, his real accomplishment was in writing what turned out to be the official history of the campaign, including troop movements, casualty figures, terrain appearance, command decisions, soldiers' anecdotes, and more.
This is the only published version of this classic work. Joseph Pierro has unearthed the original manuscript, transcribed and annotated it, and helps bring this primary document to light for scholars of the Civil War and the Battle of Antietam in particular.
**Due to an unfortunate case of mistaken identity, the man currently appearing in the frontispiece of The Maryland Campaign of September, 1862 is not the actual Ezra Carman, but someone who looks remarkably similar to him. The real Mr. Carman can be found at: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003001783/PP/. We apologize for the mistake, and will correct this error in further printings.

Joseph Pierro

1. Maryland 2. The Confederate Invasion of Maryland 3. The Confederate Army Crosses the Potomac 4. General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac 5. The Advance of the Army of the Potomac from Washington to Frederick and South Mountain 6. Harper's Ferry 7. South Mountain (Crampton's Gap) 8. South Mountain (Turner's Gap and Fox's Gap) 9. From South Mountain to the Antietam 10. McLaws and Franklin in Pleasant Valley 11. The Field of Antietam 12. The Prelude to Antietam 13. The Union and Confederate Armies 14. The Battle of the Union Right and Confederate Left: Daybreak to 7:30 a.m. 15. The Battle of the Union Right and Confederate Left: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 16. The West Woods and the Dunkard Church 17. The Sunken Road ("Bloody Lane") 18. The Dunkard Church 19. The Middle Bridge, the Fifth Corps and the Advance of Pleasanton's Cavalry Division 20. The Rohrbach (Burnside) Bridge 21. General Lee Recrosses the Potomac 22. Shepherdstown Ford 23. The Results of the Maryland Campaign 24. Lincoln and McClellan Appendix A: Organization of the Army of the Potomac in the Maryland Campaign Appendix B Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Maryland Campaign Appendix C: "My Maryland" Appendix D: Union Losses at Maryland Heights and Harper's Ferry Appendix E: The Surrender of Harper's Ferry Appendix F: Union Losses at Crampton's Gap Appendix G: Confederate Losses at Crampton's Gap Appendix H: Union Losses at Turner's and Fox's Gap Appendix I: Confederate Losses at Turner's and Fox's Gap Appendix J: Strength of the Union and Confederate Armies at Antietam Appendix K: The Mortal Wounding of General Mansfield Appendix L: Casualties in the Union and Confederate Armies at Antietam Appendix M: Union Losses in the Maryland Campaign Appendix N: Confederate Losses in the Maryland Campaign Appendix O: The British Perspective. Index