The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign is the fourth installment in the Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series.

This magisterial work breaks down the entire campaign (and all related operational maneuvers) into 21 map sets or “action-sections” enriched with 124 original full-page color maps. These spectacular cartographic creations bore down to the regimental and battery level. The Maps of Antietam includes the march into Maryland, the Harpers Ferry operation, the Battle of South Mountain (Fox’s Gap, Turner’s Gap, and Crampton’s Gap), operations in Pleasant Valley, the Confederate withdrawal to Sharpsburg, the Battle of Antietam, the retreat across the Potomac River, and the sharp fighting at Shepherdstown.

At least one—and as many as ten—maps accompany each “action-section.” Opposite each map is a full facing page of detailed footnoted text describing the units, personalities, movements, and combat (including quotes from eyewitnesses) depicted on the accompanying map, all of which make the story of General Lee’s invasion into Maryland come alive.

This original presentation masterfully leads readers on a journey through the campaign that many historians believe was the most consequential of the war and marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. Gottfried begins with the position of the opposing armies after the Second Bull Run Campaign before detailing their joint movements into Maryland. Readers will stand with D. H. Hill on top of South Mountain as General McClellan tries to force his way through the passes; surround, lay siege to, and capture Harpers Ferry (and ride with Col. Benjamin Davis’s cavalry on its breakout); fight blow-by-blow outside the small town of Sharpsburg (53 maps) through the bloodiest day in American history; retreat from the battlefield and, finally, revisit the bloodshed at Shepherdstown. This detailed coverage is further augmented in explanatory notes. Detailed orders of battle, an interview with the author, bibliography, and index complete this exciting new volume.

Perfect for the easy chair or for walking hallowed ground, The Maps of Antietam is a seminal work that, like his earlier Gettysburg and First Bull Run studies, belongs on the bookshelf of every serious and casual student of the Civil War.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Foreword
• Map Set 1. The Invasion of Maryland (September 2 - 13, 1862)
• Map 1.1: September 2 - 4, 1862
• Map 1.2: September 4 - 5, 1862
• Map 1.3: September 6, 1862
• Map 1.4: September 7 - 8, 1862
• Map 1.5: September 9, 1862
• Map 1.6: September 10, 1862
• Map 1.7: September 11, 1862
• Map 1.8: September 12, 1862
• Map 1.9: September 13, 1862
• Map Set 2. Preparing for Battle: The South Mountain Gaps (September 13 - 14, 1862)
• Map 2.1: September 13
• Map 2.2: September 14
• Map Set 3. South Mountain: Fox’s Gap (Morning)
• Map 3.1: Preliminary Movements (6:00 - 8:00 a.m.)
• Map 3.2: Scammon and Garland Deploy (9:00 - 9:30 a.m.)
• Map 3.3: The Buckeyes Attack (9:30 - 10:00 a.m.)
• Map 3.4: The Death of Samuel Garland (10:00 - 10:15 a.m.)
• Map 3.5: Confederate Reinforcements Arrive (10:15 - 11:00 a.m.)
• Map 3.6: Most of Garland’s Brigade is Defeated (11:00 - 11:30 a.m.)
• Map 3.7: The Buckeyes Battle the 13th North Carolina (11:30 a.m. - noon)
• Map Set 4. South Mountain: Fox’s Gap (noon - 8:00 p.m.)
• Map 4.1: Midday Lull (noon - 2:00 p.m.)
• Map 4.2: Additional Confederate Reinforcements Arrive (2:00 - 4:00 p.m.)
• Map 4.3: Thomas Drayton’s Brigade Redeploys (4:00 - 4:30 p.m.)
• Map 4.4: Scammon and Willcox Attack Drayton’s Brigade (4:30 - 5:00 p.m.)
• Map 4.5: Drayton’s Brigade Collapses (5:00 - 5:30 p.m.)
• Map 4.6: G. T. Anderson’s Dilemma (5:30 - 6:00 p.m.)
• Map 4.7: George B. Anderson’s Failed Attack (6:00 - 6:45 p.m.)
• Map 4.8: The Death of Jesse Reno (6:30 - 8:00 p.m.)
• Map Set 5. South Mountain: Frosttown Plateau (2:00 - 9:00 p.m.)
• Map 5.1: Hooker’s I Corps Approaches the Field (2:00 - 3:45 p.m.)
• Map 5.2: Meade’s Division Engages Rodes’ Brigade (4:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
• Map 5.3: Rodes is Defeated (6:00 - 7:00 p.m.)
• Map 5.4: The Arrival of Steven’s South Carolina Brigade (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.)
• Map Set 6. South Mountain: Turner’s Gap (3:30 - 9:00 p.m.)
• Map 6.1: Hatch’s Division Advances (3:30 - 5:30 p.m.)
• Map 6.2: Patrick’s Brigade Attacks Garnett’s Virginians (5:30 - 6:30 p.m.)
• Map 6.3: Hatch’s Division Closes on Garnett and Kemper (6:30 - 7:00 p.m.)
• Map 6.4: Garnett and Kemper are Defeated (7:00 - 7:30 p.m.)
• Map 6.5: Doubleday Attacks, Walker’s Brigade Arrives (7:30 - 8:30 p.m.)
• Map 6.6: Gibbon’s “Iron” Brigade Enters the Fight (5:15 - 6:30 p.m.)
• Map 6.7: The “Iron” Brigade Defeats Colquitt’s Brigade (6:30 - 9:00 p.m.)
• Map Set 7. South Mountain: Crampton’s Gap (11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.)
• Map 7.1: The Confederates Deploy (11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
• Map 7.2: Federal Troops Deploy (4:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
• Map 7.3: Pre-Battle Positioning (5:00 - 5:30 p.m.)
• Map 7.4: The Confederates Abandon their Defenses (5:30 - 5:45 p.m.)
• Map 7.5: The Destruction of Cobb’s Legion (5:45 - 6:15 p.m.)
• Map 7.6: The Federals Continue up the Mountainside (6:15 - 6:30 p.m.)
• Map 7.7: The Fight at Padgett’s Field (6:30 - 7:00 p.m.)
• Map Set 8. The Capture of Harpers Ferry (September 12 - 15)
• Map 8.1: Strategic Complications (September 12: Morning)
• Map 8.2: The Federal Deployments (September 12: Afternoon)
• Map 8.3: The Opening Fight for Maryland Heights (September 13: 6:30 - 11:30 a.m.)
• Map 8.4: Maryland Heights Falls (September 13: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
• Map 8.5: Jackson Closes the Loop (September 13)
• Map 8.6: Both Sides Prepare for Action (September 14: 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
• Map 8.7: Confederate Artillery Opens (September 14: 2:00 - 9:00 p.m.)
• Map 8.8: The Confederate Vice Closes; Federal Cavalry Prepares to Escape (September 15: 3:00 - 7:00 a.m.)
• Map 8.9: Federal Cavalry Breaks Out (September 15: 3:00 - 7:00 a.m.)
• Map 8.10: The Garrison Falls (September 15: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.)
• Map Set 9. To Sharpsburg (September 14 - 16)
• Map 9.1: Pleasant Valley (September 15: 8:00 a.m. - noon)
• Map 9.2: The Confederates Move to Sharpsburg (September 14 - 15)
• Map 9.3: The Union Army Moves to Antietam Creek (September 15)
• Map 9.4: Jackson’s Command Leaves Harpers Ferry for Sharpsburg (September 15 - 16)
• Map 9.5: Jackson and McClellan Arrive (September 16)
• Map 9.6: The Antietam Battlefield
• Map Set 10. The Eve of Battle (September 16)
• Map 10.1: McClellan and Lee Prepare for Battle at Sharpsburg (September 16: noon - 4:00 p.m.)
• Map 10.2: Hooker’s I Corps Crosses Antietam Creek (September 16: 4:00 - 6:30 p.m.)
• Map 10.3: Meade Deploys his Division for Battle (September 16: 6:30 - 10:00 p.m.)
• Map 10.4: The Night Before Antietam (September 16 - 17, 1862)
• Map Set 11. Antietam: Hooker Opens the Battle (5:15 - 7:00 a.m.)
• Map 11.1: Hooker’s I Corps Attacks (5:15 - 6:15 a.m.)
• Map 11.2: The Battle Spreads (5:15 - 6:15 a.m.)
• Map 11.3: Ricketts’ Division Enters the Fight (5:15 - 6:15 a.m.)
• Map 11.4: Hays and Walker Counterattack (6:15 - 7:00 a.m.)
• Map 11.5: Gibbon’s Brigade Attacks (6:15 - 7:00 a.m.)
• Map 11.6: Lee’s Imperiled Left Flank (6:15 - 7:00 a.m.)
• Map Set 12. Antietam: Hood’s Division Moves up and Attacks (6:45 - 7:45 a.m.)
• Map 12.1: Hood Moves up from the Dunker Church (6:45 - 7:15 a.m.)
• Map 12.2: Hood Counterattacks (6:45 - 7:15 a.m.)
• Map 12.3: Hood Enters the West Woods and Cornfield (6:45 - 7:15 a.m.)
• Map 12.4: Federal Reinforcements Arrive (6:45 - 7:15 a.m.)
• Map 12.5: Hood Suffers Heavy Losses (6:45 - 7:15 a.m.)
• Map 12.6: Hood’s Division Retreats (7:15 - 7:45 a.m.)
• Map Set 13. Antietam: Mansfield’s XII Corps Enters the Battle (7:15 - 8:45 a.m.)
• Map 13.1: The XII Corps Drives South (7:15 - 7:45 a.m.)
• Map 13.2: The XII Corps Deploys (7:15 - 7:45 a.m.)
• Map 13.3: Crawford’s Brigade Enters the East Woods (7:45 - 8:15 a.m.)
• Map 13.4: D. H. Hill’s Division Moves North (7:45 - 8:15 a.m.)
• Map 13.5: Colquitt’s Brigade Advances into the Cornfield (8:15 - 8:45 a.m.)
• Map 13.6: D. H. Hill’s Brigades are Defeated (8:15 - 8:45 a.m.)
• Map Set 14. Antietam: Sedgwick’s Division Drives East (8:15 - 9:30 a.m.)
• Map 14.1: Sedgwick’s Division Arrives (8:15 - 8:45 a.m.)
• Map 14.2: Sedgwick Advances to the West Woods (8:15 - 8:45 a.m.)
• Map 14.3: Sedgwick’s Division Drives East and McLaws’ Division Arrives (8:45 - 9:15 a.m.)
• Map 14.4: Sedgwick’s Division Drives into the West Woods (8:45 - 9:15 a.m.)
• Map 14.5: The Confederates Counterattack (8:45 - 9:15 a.m.)
• Map 14.6: The Tide Turns Against Sedgwick (8:45 - 9:30 a.m.)
• Map 14.7: Sedgwick Retreats (8:45 - 9:30 a.m.)
• Map Set 15. Antietam: Final Actions on the Northern Front (9:30 - 10:30 a.m.)
• Map 15.1: Confederates Storm out of the West Woods (9:30 - 10:00 a.m.)
• Map 15.2: The XII Corps Takes the West Woods (10:00 - 10:30 a.m.)
• Map 15.3: The Battle Transitions to the Sunken Road (10:00 - 10:30 a.m.)
• Map Set 16. Antietam: The Sunken Road (9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
• Map 16.1: French’s Division Moves South (9:00 - 9:30 a.m.)
• Map 16.2: The Confederates Counterattack (9:30 - 10:00 a.m.)
• Map 16.3: Confederate Reinforcements Approach (10:00 - 10:30 a.m.)
• Map 16.4: The Attack of the Irish Brigade (10:00 - 10:30 a.m.)
• Map 16.5: The Confederates are Driven from the Sunken Road (10:30 - 11:00 a.m.)
• Map 16.6: Combat at the Piper Farm (11:00 - 11:30 a.m.)
• Map 16.7: Longstreet’s Counterattack (11:30 a.m. - noon)
• Map 16.8: Stalemate Along the Sunken Road (noon - 1:00 p.m.)
• Map Set 17. Antietam: The Lower (Burnside’s) Bridge (9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
• Map 17.1: Both Sides Prepare for Battle (9:00 - 9:30 a.m.)
• Map 17.2: The Repulse of the 11th Connecticut Infantry (10:00 - 10:30 a.m.)
• Map 17.3: Crook’s Attack Falters (11:00 - 11:30 a.m.)
• Map 17.4: Nagle’s Brigade Attacks the Bridge (11:30 a.m. - noon)
• Map 17.5: Ferrero’s Brigade Attacks the Bridge (Noon - 1:00 p.m.)
• Map 17.6: Rodman’s Division Crosses Snavely’s Ford (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.)
• Map Set 18. Antietam: Burnside Advances on Sharpsburg (Afternoon, September 17)
• Map 18.1: The Federals Consolidate Their Bridgehead (2:00 - 3:30 p.m.)
• Map 18.2: Both Sides Prepare for Battle (3:30 - 4:00 p.m.)
• Map 18.3: Rodman’s Division Begins its Attack (3:30 - 4:00 p.m.)
• Map Set 19. Antietam: A. P. Hill’s Division Arrives from Harpers Ferry (3:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
• Map 19.1: Hill’s March to the Battlefield (6:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.)
• Map 19.2: D. R. Jones Battles Rodman’s Brigades (3:30 - 4:00 p.m.)
• Map 19.3: Harland’s Federal Brigade Advances (4:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
• Map 19.4: Gregg’s Brigade Attacks (4:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
• Map 19.5: Harland’s Brigade Falls Back (4:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
• Map 19.6: Archer’s Brigade Strikes Ewing’s Brigade (5:00 - 5:30 p.m.)
• Map 19.7: A. P. Hill’s Division Sweeps the Field (5:00 - 5:30 p.m.)
• Map Set 20. Antietam: Evening Stalemate (September 17 - 18)
• Map 20.1: Evening, September 17 & 18, 1862
• Map Set 21. Aftermath: The Battle of Shepherdstown (September 19 - 20, 1862)
• Map 21.1: The Federal Artillery Arrives (September 19)
• Map 21.2: Pendleton is Pressed (September 19: Noon - 3:00 p.m.)
• Map 21.3: Federal Infantry Crosses the River (September 19: 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.)
• Map 21.4: Stonewall Jackson Prepares to Attack (September 20: 6:30 - 8:00 a.m.)
• Map 21.5: Barnes and Lovell Move into Position (September 20: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.)
• Map 21.6: The Federal Retreat Begins (September 20: 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.)
• Map 21.7: The 118th Pennsylvania’s Ordeal (September 20: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.)
• Appendix 1: Orders of Battle
• Appendix 2: An Interview with Author Bradley M. Gottfried
• Endnotes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Author