“Debates about how the bloody four-year conflict might have ended have raged for years.” By Jim Stempel WHAT IF THE South had marched on Washington D.C. in 1861 after the First Battle of Bull Run?…

THE AMERICAN CIVIL was entering its 18th month in September of 1862 when two colossal armies met 60 miles northwest of Washington D.C. in a quiet corner of Maryland On Sept. 13, 1862, 55,000 Rebel…