McClellan's Pursuit of Lee
- Author
- Terry Johnston, D. Scott Hartwig
- Published
- Tue 29 Jul 2025
- Episode Link
- https://the-1864-project-8ebc7972.simplecast.com/episodes/mcclellans-pursuit-of-lee-IWVEFUC_
The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious, we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict.
On this episode, we're joined by D. Scott Hartwig, former supervisory park historian at Gettysburg National Military Park and author of I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023). He discusses Union general George McClellan’s slow pursuit of Robert E. Lee’s army after the Battle of Antietam.
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