The Mortal Wounding of General Mansfield at Antietam by John Mead Gould, originally published in 1895.Fighting with the Tenth Maine, Gould was present when General Mansfield was killed.
For years after the war, veterans of that horrible day continued to argue over the precise spot where their beloved general fell. While these disagreements may seem trivial today, it was very significant to them, much as later soldiers would argue over the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, or the march from Frozen Chosin: it gave them a way to deal with the overwhelming tragedy of the war by focusing on its details.
Using reminiscences by veterans of both sides, this book presents a compelling case for the final minutes of the life of Brigadier General Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, who was mortally wounded on 17 September, 1862, in the bloody woods of Antietam.
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