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Major Leaders of both sides: Union: Major General George B. McClellan is often remembering for being the great organizer of the union army of the Potomac. Confederate: General Robert E. Lee, never really went to real battle in the fields before this war.
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Key events from the battle:
- The Army of the Potomac, under the command of George McClellan, proceeded with a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee’s forces
- September 17, 1862. The morning assault and vicious Confederate attacks swept back and forth through Miller’s Cornfield and the West Woods.
- Late in the day, the third and final major assault by the Union army pushed over a stone bridge at Antietam.
- The bloodiest single day in American military history ended in a draw
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Casualty figures for both sides: Union: 12,401 soldiers Confederate: 10,316 soldiers
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September 22, 1862 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
