Preview – Vermilya, “That Field of Blood”

The folks as Savas Beatie’s Emerging Civil War have moved on to the pivotal 1862 Maryland Campaign with Dan Vermilya’s That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. Here’s the lowdown:

• 149 pages of narrative, including eleven chapters and an epilogue.
• An eight-stop tour guide map tied to the text.
• Appendices on Presidential visits to the field and a history of the Antietam National Battlefield.
• Order of Battle
• Suggested reading list
• No bibliography (a link to an online bibliography is included)
• No footnotes
• No index
• Seven Hal Jesperson maps

Dan Vermilya is an interpretive ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park, and has previously worked at Antietam National Battlefield and Monocacy National Battlefield. He is also an Antietam Licensed Battlefield Guide, and was the 2012  was the recipient of the Joseph L. Harsh Memorial Scholarship from the Save Historic Antietam Foundation.