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FACTS

The Antietam battle was the bloodiest battle of the war

We know thousands of men(and secretly women dressed as men) died that day

The battle was fought on September 17th, 1862

The southern forces were led by General Robert E. Lee

The northern forces were led by General George B. McClellan

Union would attack the Confederates and would counterattack

The Confederate where heavily outnumbered

Confederate army held their ground

MORE FACTS

Up until this battle the confederate army had been primarily on defensive

All major battles had were fought on The South's soil

After the completion of the Second Battle of Bull Run, General Lee decided it was time to go on offensive

September 3, 1862 the Confederate army, entered the state of Maryland

Hoping to invade the north all the way to Pennsylvania

Battle began on the morning of September 17, 1862

fighting was fierce this day was one of the bloodiest in American history

INTERESTING FACTS

This battle was the bloodiest battle of the civil war

This day was one of the bloodiest in American history

President William McKinley fought with the Union on Battle of Antietam He was a sergeant at the time

Famous nurse Clara Barton was present at the war taking care of wounded soldiers

Two Union soldiers had found a copy of Lee's battle plans before the battle. However, General McClellan moved slowly on the news and never really took advantage of the knowledge

The battle was named by the Union after the nearby creek called Antietam. It was called the Battle of Sharpsburg by the South