The Battle Of Antietam By Robert E. Lee

McPherson starts out the book with The Pendulum of War 1861-1862. McPherson in this chapter of the book mainly talks about the uprisings and downfalls of General B. McClellan who was appointed by Abraham Lincoln to be the head of the Army of the Potomac. McPherson explains what the American Civil Wars ultimate goal was and what Abraham Lincoln wished to achieve was the unity of all the states armies and invasion of the Confederacy in which he had hopes of destroying their government. The union arms won some victories and also lost some as well but the first most remembered to be the embarrassing defeat McPherson names is along the banks of Bull Run in July 1861. He describes the war and what happened in it and concludes that after the release of Mason and Slidell the war was averted and later struck a financial panic in

The Battle of Antietam was a stalemate between the Union and the Confederacy costing over 22,000 American lives. However to the North this was a strategic victory because Maryland did not secede to the South and Abraham Lincoln was provided the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. As for McClellan, he was relieved of command shortly after Antietam because of his inability to trust his Corps Commanders to make decisions on the battlefield, his lack of understanding the operational environment in the form of overestimating the Confederate numbers, and his failed visualization of Abraham Lincoln’s desired intent and end state. Lee’s army was never over-powered nor was the Confederacy defeated because of his trust for his Corps commanders

The Battle of Antietam was fought in Sharpsburg Maryland, September 16 – 18, 1862. Major General George B. McClellan and the Union Army waged war against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. The Union forces were much larger than those of the Confederates, but they held their ground. The Battle of Antietam was considered a draw, but Lincoln and the Union claimed victory. The battle forced General Lee out of Maryland and paved the way for Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The fighting on the 17th of September was the bloodiest single day in American military

McClellan was the one who organized the Army of the Potomac in 1861 and served as General-in-Chief of the Union Army. His men liked him as a leader, but George was defeated in the Battle of Antietam. Because of his loss, Lincoln took away his command of the Army of the Potomac in late 1862. He lost in a Presidential campaign against Lincoln in 1864 and later became Governor of New Jersey.

There three themes that are explored in the film Why Is Antitume a Turning Point in the War? one of the themes that is explained through the film is America in the World. Though, the category America in the World covers seven topics; the one expanded on in this film is foreign policy and diplomacy. In the summer of 1862, it was possible that there would be a foreign intervention in the Civil War. Though, this never happened. Though in spite of this, later in the war the south assumed that England was going to join the civil war on the side of the Confederates, due to the South strong trade commodity, cotton. However, Robert E. Lee greatly misjudged England's dependence on the Confederate commodities. Due to the abundance of cotton

As the bloodiest single-day in American history, the battle of Antietam shifted Union confidence sufficiently enough to serve as an early turning point in the Civil War while simultaneously discouraging international support towards the Confederacy. On September 17, 1862, Major General George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac met General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Antietam Creek in what would become one of the most significant early battles of the Civil War.

This complicated war full of bloodshed and death started merely by an assault of a Confederate left flank. Deemed the single most deadly day in American military history, the Union (who had more men) swept many attacks towards the Confederate army. Even though the South had more spirit and useful tactics the sheer numbers of the Union made this battle one to remember. They fought for many hours in Miller's cornfield to then make a last stand at Antietam Creek. With the only sign of cover being trees and the stone bridge which was worn by bullets and bodies you could tell this fight was going to be bad. The Union captured the bridge and with a final push and counter attack from another Union division the Union were victorious and were another

The Battle of Antietam took place on September 16, 1862. Major General George B. McClellan’s Union Army of the Potomac confronts Robert E. Lee’s army of Northern Virginia in Sharpsburg Maryland. On the morning of September 17 a Union corps launched a powerful attack on Lee’s left flank thus beginning the Battle of Antietam. This first attack was led by Major General Joseph Hooker’s. This battle was named the single bloodiest day in American history. Both the Union and Confederates led extremely violent attacks towards each other in Miller’s cornfield and also the West Woods. Despite the Unions advantage in numbers Stonewall Jackson’s army held their ground that morning near the Dunker Church. In the meantime in the center of the battlefield

The Battle of Antietam took place on 17 September 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle was fought between General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and General McClellan’s Army of the Potomac. Although the battle lasted only 12 hours, it was a significant point of the American Civil War, as well as the deadliest day in history. Tactically the battle was considered a draw, but the North claimed strategic victory and President Lincoln published the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing hundreds of thousands of slaves.

September 17, 1862, more commonly known as the Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in American history to date. It had three phases each at different locations, and equally destructive in some way, shape, or form. While the Battle of Gettysburg is coined the most deadly battle, that took place over three days… the Battle of Antietam was only one.

The Confederate invasion of the North in September of 1862 was an attempt by Robert E. Lee to swing the war in favor of the South. The main reason for the Confederate invasion was that the British were on the verge of recognizing the Confederacy if they could show it could hold its own, and Lee was anxious to provide a cornerstone for the Confederacy to build upon. The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in American history and was a major blow to the Army of Northern Virginia and the morale of the south. This is the tableau against which our story unfolds.

The civil war was a conflict about the expansion of slavery into western territories. The compromise of 1820 and 1850 tried to maintain an unbalanced government between free and union state. The southern states seceded from the union because they feared Abraham Lincoln in 1860 when he got elected. The war started 1861 through 4 long 4 bloody years later. The Northern Union states fought against the southern Confederate states. The northern Union won the civil war. Their was 620,000 death toll. The battle of Antietam took place in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle of Antietam was the first battle in the civil war to be fought on northern soil. The impact of Antietam was that it turned out to be the bloodiest day in American History.

The Battle of Antietam, or The Battle of Sharpsburg as the South would call it, took place on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. This was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. The American Civil War was beginning its second year of combat. As the Confederate States of America came close to winning the war, independence was well on its way. At first the result of the battle was controversial, as it could not be determined who won the battle and which army made the most progress towards achieving their strategic goals. The passage of time revealed that, tactically, Antietam was a draw, but that the South lost from a strategic perspective. It was one of the major turning points in the American Civil War. This was due to President Abraham Lincoln using the Union “victory” as political impetus to issue his Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. As a direct result of the Battle of Antietam, the Civil War became more about abolition than the reunification of the states, and made a peaceful reconciliation between the two combatants almost impossible. The ultimate defeat of the Confederacy occurred at the Battle of Antietam, although no one knew it at the time.

The Civil War was a war against North and South.The war lasted from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865.The states including South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee fought for the Confederate States of America or the south.The states that fought for the Union or the north were Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana,Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon.The south wanted to have slaves but the north thought that it was wrong they went to war. The Civil War had many bloody battles but Antietam was the bloodiest war of The Civil War. During

The American Civil War, which began in 1861 to 1865, has gone down in history as the one of the most significant events to have ever occurred in the United States of America, thus far. At that time, questions had arose wondering how the United States ever got so close to hitting rock bottom, especially being that it was a conflict within the country itself. Hostility steadily grew through the years dividing the nation further and further, and finally leading to the twelfth day in April 1861 in Fort Sumter, North Carolina. The American Civil War was an irrepressible battle and aside from the obvious physical effects of the war, the disagreement over states rights, the act of slavery, and the raising of tariffs played crucial roles in the