Battles and Campaigns
Battle of Antietam
1862, American Civil War
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The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, was fought on 17 September 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It remains the bloodiest single day in American history, with 22,726 combined dead, wounded or missing, and it ended in a Union victory that gave President Lincoln the political standing to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
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LocationNear Sharpsburg, Maryland, United States 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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the first field army-level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil
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Washington County, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, U.S.
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Part Of: American Civil War, Lead section, para 1 (campaign context)Quote, Part Of: American Civil War, Lead section, para 1 (campaign context)
during the American Civil War
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Led By: Robert E. Lee, Infobox: Commander(s) (Confederate)Quote, Led By: Robert E. Lee, Infobox: Commander(s) (Confederate)
Robert E. Lee
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Led By: George B. McClellan, Infobox: Commanders and leaders (Union)Quote, Led By: George B. McClellan, Infobox: Commanders and leaders (Union)
George B. McClellan
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