Description
The battle at Antietam Creek, the bloodiest day of the American Civil War, left more than 23,000 men dead, wounded, or missing. Facing the aftermath were the lads, women, and children living within the village of Sharpsburg and on surrounding farms. In Too Afraid to Cry, Kathleen Ernst recounts the dramatic experiences of those Maryland citizens–stories that experience never been told–and in addition examines the complex political internet holding together Unionists and Secessionists, many of whom lived under the similar roofs on this divided countryside.