Taken at the flood
Subtitle: Robert E. Lee and Confederate strategy in the Maryland campaign of 1862
By: Joseph L. Harsh.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 649
Subjects: Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870 -- Military leadership.; Maryland Campaign, 1862.; Strategy -- History -- 19th century.; Confederate States of America -- Military policy.
Description: "Complementing Confederate Tide Rising, which covers the origins of the Maryland campaign, Taken at the Flood is a detailed account of the military campaign itself. It focuses on military policy and strategy and the context necessary to understand that strategy. A fair appraisal of the campaign requires a full appraisal of the circumstances under which the two commanders, Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan, labored.

Harsh attempts to discover what they believed their responsibilities were and what they tried to accomplish; to evaluate the human and logistical resources at their disposal; and to determine what they knew and when they learned it."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-612) and index.