First published 2014
The morning fog lifts over Antietam Creek as Colonel James Mitchell watches Confederate forces mass across the cornfield. Mitchell commands a Union regiment caught between McClellan's cautious strategy and the brutal reality of facing Lee's Army of Northern Virginia on Maryland soil. As the battle unfolds through September 1862, Mitchell navigates the chaos at Dunker Church, the horror of Bloody Lane, and the desperate fight for Burnside Bridge. His decisions will determine whether his men survive the day and whether the Union can stop Lee's first invasion of the North. Tierney places readers inside the tactical confusion and personal terror of America's bloodiest single day, where a single misstep means death and victory depends on courage under impossible circumstances. Mitchell faces not just Confederate bullets but his own doubts about leadership when every choice costs lives.
Genres: american-civil-war, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, military-fiction, military-history, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: leadership, moral-dilemma, war
Setting: Maryland, Antietam Creek, Dunker Church, Bloody Lane, Burnside Bridge
Period: 1862
44 pages · Kindle Edition · Winged Hussar Publishing, LLC
Content warnings: death, violence