Battle of Antietam

  • Second Battle Of Bull Run begins

  • Battle Of Chantilly

  • Gen Lee's army begins toward the Potomac

  • Union army is over Potomac and into Rockville, MD

  • Confederates enter Hagerstown,MD

  • Batte of South Mountain

  • The night before

    Union and Confed troops make meet in Sharpsburg.
  • BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

    fighting begins at dawn and continues for 12 hours until 5:30 pm
  • Lee begins to retreat

  • Battle of Shepherdstown

  • PRELIMINARY Emancipation Proclamation

  • Lincoln fires McClellan

  • Battle of Fredricksburg

  • Final Emancipation Proclamation