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The Battle of Antietam (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm / an-TEE-təm), also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac ...
Oct 27, 2009 · The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It pitted Confederate General Robert E....
Battle of Antietam, a decisive engagement on September 17, 1862, in the American Civil War that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland. President Abraham Lincoln used the costly Union victory as an opportunity to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Washington County, MD | Sep 17, 1862. Antietam, the deadliest one-day battle in American military history, showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater. It also gave President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation at a moment of strength rather than desperation.
American Civil War - Battle of Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg: In 1862 Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate army, which he renamed the Army of Northern Virginia. George B. McClellan began to mold the Army of the Potomac into a resolute, effective shield and sword of the Union, and in March he began his Peninsular Campaign.
The Battle of Antietam has been called the bloodiest single day in American History. By the end of the evening, 17 Septem-ber 1862, an estimated 4,000 American soldiers had been killed and over 18,000 wounded in and around the small farming com-munity of Sharpsburg, Maryland. Emory Upton, then a captain
September 16 - 18, 1862. The Battle of Antietam. Sharpsburg. After his success at Second Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia north across the Potomac River on an invasion of Maryland in early September of 1862. Defeated in his attempt to hold Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac on the east side ...
