Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Brigadier General of the U.S. Army A Narrative of Events Connected with His Mortal Wounding at Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862

"Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Brigadier General of the U.S. Army" by John Mead Gould is a historical piece that retells the story of Brigadier General Mansfield's fateful wounding at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. More than a simple biography, the book investigates the uncertain and contradictory details that emerged after General Mansfield's injury. The account focuses on the general's last actions on the battlefield—his command of his troops, and the immediate events surrounding his wounding, with Gould drawing on his own service in the 10th Maine Volunteers to offer a soldier's viewpoint of the chaos and intensity of the battle. Gould navigates conflicting stories and hazy memories to give insight into the confusion of battle, emphasizing the difficulties of grasping truth amid the fog of war and shows how individual war reports can conflict with other reports.