Title: Taken at the flood
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Strategy, Maryland Campaign, 1862, Military leadership, Military policy, History
Places: Confederate States of America
People: Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: E474.61 .H37 1999