Burnside'S Bridge: The Climactic Struggle of the 2nd and 20th Georgia
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Before the heroic stand of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top, the 2nd and 20th Georgia Infantries, led by Brigadier General Robert Toombs, held off a veritable Yankee juggernaut and triumphed at Burnside's Bridge on Antietam Creek in 1862. This detailed account profiles the troops whose last stand helped prevent the destruction of the Army of Northern Virginia, providing Robert E Lee with yet another chance for a northern invasion.
Author: Philip Thomas Tucker
Format: Hardback, 208 pages, 152mm x 229mm
Published: 2000, Stackpole Books, United States
Genre: Regional History
Description
Before the heroic stand of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top, the 2nd and 20th Georgia Infantries, led by Brigadier General Robert Toombs, held off a veritable Yankee juggernaut and triumphed at Burnside's Bridge on Antietam Creek in 1862. This detailed account profiles the troops whose last stand helped prevent the destruction of the Army of Northern Virginia, providing Robert E Lee with yet another chance for a northern invasion.
Burnside'S Bridge: The Climactic Struggle of the 2nd and 20th Georgia