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Battle of Antietam
Confederate forces under General Lee were caught by General McClellan near Sharpsburg, Maryland. This battle proved to be the bloodiest day of the war; 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 wounded -- 2,700 Confederates were killed and 9,029 wounded. -
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Battle of Fredricksburg
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Emancipation Proclamation
In the aftermath of the Union strategical success at Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln announces that the Emancipation Proclamation will take effect of Jan. 1, 1863 -
Arrival in Fredricksburg
The entire Army of the Potomac is now in Falmouth. The other pontoon train leaves Washington. Longstreet's men begin to arrive in Fredericksburg. Burnside's window of opportunity has slammed shut. -
Beginning of the Battle of Fredricksburg
Confederate sniper fire delays completion of Federal pontoon bridges. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
Federal Infantry cross river in boats and force Confederates out of Fredericksburg. -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 2
Urban Combat -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 2
Sumners Right Grand Division crossed the Mississippi River -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 2
Pelham prevents main Federal attack with only one gun on Federal's flank. -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 2 1:00 p.m.
Meade renews his attack, breaching A.P. Hill's line through a marshy gap. -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 2 1:30 p.m.
Gibbon attacks in support of Meade, capturing railroad. -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 2 2:30 p.m.
Gibbon retreats before Confederate reinforcements. -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 2 3:00 p.m.
Advancing Federal pickets precipitate a vicious counterattack form Law' Confederate brigade. -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 4
Armies remained in position -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 5
Burnside withdrew his army, ending another failed Union campaign in the Eastern Theater. -
Battle of Fredricksburg Day 5
Burnside ordered his beaten army back across the Rappahannock.The Union had lost 13,000 soldiers in a battle in which the dreadful carnage was matched only by its futility. Federal morale plummeted, and Burnside was swiftly relieved of his command. By contrast, the morale of the Confederacy reached a peak. Their casualties had been considerably lighter than the Union's, totaling only 5,000. Lee's substantial victory at Fredericksburg, won with relative ease, increased the already buoyant confide
