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" To make men free : "
Richard Croker.
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BL
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1006770
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b761140
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| Main Entry
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Croker, Richard,1946-
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| Title & Author
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To make men free : : a novel of the Battle of Antietam /\ Richard Croker.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Morrow,, ©2004.
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427 pages :: maps ;; 24 cm
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006055908X
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: 0060858362
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: 9780060559083
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: 9780060858360
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Includes bibliographical references (page 429).
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| Contents
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"Flat treason, by God" -- Where is Stonewall? -- "Oh, my God, lay me down" -- Total absence of brains -- Most ragged, lean and hungry set of wolves -- Let the damned Yankees come to us -- Piece of paper -- Deserted by all the world -- Line of battle is formed -- Cornfield --"My God, we must get out of this" -- Sunken road -- Burnside's Bridge -- My regards to Mary Ellen -- Rest is silence -- Matter of indifference -- To make men free -- Such an accursed doctrine -- Visit -- Not an hour shall be lost -- Carrousel horses -- "Will you pardon me for asking ...?" -- By direction of the President.
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| Abstract
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A fictional account of the bloody Civil War battle of September 1862 brings together the characters of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and others, re-creating the events that turned the tide in favor of northern forces and cleared the path for the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862, Fiction.
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Maryland, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Fiction.
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Fiction.
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Maryland.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.6
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PS3603.R636T6 2004
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