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The Battle of Antietam

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  • First battle

    First battle
    The Army of the Potomac, under the command of George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee’s forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. The morning assault and vicious Confederate counterattacks swept back and forth through Miller’s Cornfield and the West Woods.

  • Second Battle

    Later, towards the center of the battlefield, Union assaults against the Sunken Road pierced the Confederate center after a terrible struggle.

  • Actual Battle

    Late in the day, the third and final major assault by the Union army pushed over a bullet-strewn stone bridge at Antietam Creek.

  • After...

    the next day, Lee began withdrawing his army across the Potomac River.

  • Aftermath - Casualties

    there were aproximately 23,000 casualties in this battle.