This week we look at the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War; General Lee’s attempt to bring the fight to the North.

Show notes and links:

* French Quebec surrenders to the British after Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759).

* John Paul Jones declares, “I have not yet begun to fight!” (1779).

* List of amendments to the United States Constitution (1789).

* French National Convention abolishes the monarchy (1792).

* Assassination of William McKinley (1901).

* Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (1996).

* Death Comes to Pemberley (TV Mini-Series 2013) (imdb.com).

* Crisis At The Antietam, by Bruce Catton (full text).

* Second Battle of Bull Run

* Robert E. Lee

* Henry “Lighthorse Harry” Lee III

* George B. McClellan

* Battle of Antietam

* Hope Paintings (nps.gov).

* Emancipation Proclamation

* Third Battle of Nanking (the 1862 action in China with enormous casualties that we couldn’t remember the name of).

* @history_files (twitter.com).

* CSICONauts Chat 

* The History Files at Goodreads (goodreads.com).