The soldiers in Hood's Texas Brigade who fought at Antietam on September
16 - 17, 1862, described intense and harrowing experiences of the fierce
battle in the days, weeks and decades after the battle. Their
experiences were written in official reports, diary entries, interviews,
newspaper articles, and letters to families at home. These memories
provide a fascinating and descriptive account of the battle against the
Union Army of the Potomac at Miller's Cornfield, the Dunker Church and
other locations at the battlefield. The 1st Texas Infantry at Miller's
Cornfield would suffer an 82.3 per cent casualty rate and their heroics
were written down by the soldiers of the 1st Texas Infantry. All the
other regiments of Hood's Texas Brigade would suffer over a 50 per cent
casualty rate at the battle. Included are testimonials of Union soldiers
who fought against the soldiers of Hood's Texas Brigade are included
together for the first time in Texans at Antietam: A Terrible Clash of
Arms, September 16-17, 1862, by Joseph L. Owen, Philip McBride and Joe
Allport.