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    Analyzing the Maryland Campaign of 1862
    Analyzing the Maryland Campaign of 1862
    Analyzing the Maryland Campaign of 1862
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    Analyzing the Maryland Campaign of 1862

    By Patrick Tierney

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    A short analysis of the decisions and actions that led to Gen Lee's invasion of Maryland in 1862
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWinged Hussar Publishing, LLC
    Release dateJun 7, 2014
    ISBN9781620181621
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      Analyzing the Maryland Campaign of 1862 - Patrick Tierney

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      Analyzing the Maryland Campaign of 1862

      By Patrick Tierney

      Cover by V.W. Rospond

      Cover photograph is a 12lb howitzer used during the Battle of Croyton reinactment

      Edited by Vincent W. Rospond

      Winged Hussar Publishing, LLC 2014

      Point Pleasant, NJ

      ISBN: 978–1-62018–162–1

      For more information on Winged Hussar Publishing, LLC, visit us at:

      https://www.WingedHussarPublishing.com

      Background

      Robert E. Lee by Mathew Brady

      As September of 1862 approached, the Confederacy found itself in a desirable military situation, especially in the Eastern Theater of operations. General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia stood poised to bring the war into Northern territory and threaten the Union capital of Washington, D.C. General Lee was now being hailed as a hero among his Confederate countrymen, and it seemed that he was the one who could bring final victory. The outlook for the South had not always been this rosy, and it had taken a series of fortuitous events for the Confederate fortunes to get to this point.

      In the previous summer of 1861, the Confederates barely defeated a Union invasion at Manassas, Virginia, as rebel reinforcements arrived in the nick of time to turn the tide of the battle. The high casualty rates shocked both Southern and Northern citizens who each expected a quick victory.[1]Despite the victory, the level of disorganization and inexperience demonstrated by Southern troops showed how woefully unprepared the Confederacy

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