Lincoln And Lee At Antietam - The Cost Of Freedom

The Single Bloodiest Day In American History

It´s September 17, 1862 and President Abraham Lincoln needs a victory in order to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and end slavery in the South. But Robert E. Lee has other plans - invade the North. When Lee’s strategy falls into the hands of the Union Army, the result is the single bloodiest day in American history at the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell (director of Gettysburg and Gods and Generals), Lincoln and Lee at Antietam features scarce footage from the 125th, 135th and 140th Antietam Reenactments.

Featuring:

James M. McPherson, Princeton University, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom and Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam

Allen C. Guelzo, Gettysburg College, America´s only repeat winner of the Lincoln Prize; Nominated by the President of the United States to the National Council on the Humanities.

Dennis E. Frye, National Park Service Historian at Harpers Ferry, author of Antietam Revealed and associate producer of Gods and Generals.

Paul V. Chiles, National Park Service Historian at Antietam National Park

Patrick Falci, Actor/Performing Historian who portrays Ambrose Powell Hill at Antietam

Upplagd i sortimentet: 3 December, 2006