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Part of the Maryland Campaign, it was the first field army –level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It remains the bloodiest day in American history, with a tally of 22,727 dead, wounded, or missing on both sides.
27 paź 2009 · The Battle of Antietam was a pivotal, bloody Civil War skirmish on September 17, 1862, that halted Confederate momentum on the battlefield and abroad.
10 wrz 2024 · 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.
The Battle of Antietam begins at dawn when Hooker’s Union corps mounts a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank. Repeated Union attacks and equally vicious Confederate counterattacks sweep back and forth across Miller’s cornfield and the West Woods.
Bitwa nad Antietam (znana też jako bitwa pod Sharpsburgiem) – starcie zbrojne, które miało miejsce 17 września 1862 roku pod miastem Sharpsburg w stanie Maryland w Stanach Zjednoczonych w trakcie wojny secesyjnej. Nazwa wzięła się od rzeki Antietam Creek przecinającej pole bitwy.
29 wrz 2024 · 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
This hard-fought battle, which drove Lee’s forces from Maryland, gave Lincoln the “win” that he needed to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation — a document that would forever change the course of the Civil War.
