The Battle Of Antietam Was The Turning Point Of American History

Abraham Lincoln started all that before he was in office, so imagine what he did when he became president of the United States. When Lincoln was elected there was a long series of policy clashes between the South and the North. The clash wasn’t just about slavery. It was a clash of elites. The Northern elite wanted economic expansion. Such as, free land; free labor, free market, and much more. Lincoln had all of this in mind, even the slaves. The slaves saw Lincoln as their ticket to freedom. The South was for slavery, so when they notice Lincoln was trying to abolish slavery they started to secede from the union. Lincoln tried to get some of the states back and more seceded. The confederacy was formed; the civil war was on.

When the Civil War began in 1861, the issue of slavery was not the central focus of the war effort on the side of the Union. While it was still important to many in the North, the main war aim of the Union side was to preserve the Union and make sure it remained intact. As the war dragged on and more soldiers died on both sides, Lincoln realized he would need to entirely cripple the already weak Confederate economy, and he did this by making the Emancipation Proclamation, which became effective January 1, 1863. This executive order stated that all slaves in states currently in open rebellion against the United States were free from slavery. By doing this, he caused African Americans in slave states to cross into Union territory and into

other duties. On the eve of the Civil War, some 4 million Africans and their

Cannonballs flew left and right and bullets soared through the air in the deadliest and most important battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day in the Civil War, but it was a very important turning point in the Civil War. The Civil War changed America., and America would have been a completely different place if it weren’t for the one most important battle in the Civil War, The Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam gave the Union a moral victory which resulted in Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, allowing slaves to be freed and the union to win the war.

Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860. As a president of the United States, Lincoln’s goal was to keep the Union together. The problem of slavery and the secession by the South are mainly the two issues that lead to the dissolve of the Union, in which Lincoln put all his efforts to deal with during his presidency. “He believes this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. He does not expect the Union to be dissolved; He does not expect the house to fall; but he does expect it will cease to be divided.” Lincoln claimed that it is

As a result of all the casualties, the Union won the Battle of Antietam. McClellan and Burnsides knew the Confederate’s intensions. McClellan and Burnsides battle Lee to a gridlock. The Union won because they already knew The Confederacy’s plan to overtake the Union. In the Battle of Antietam, no one had an advantage, so therefore anyone could have won. The biggest mistake that was made by the north was that they allowed Lee to escape. This wasn't just like any other battle where the Union cut off the Confederate and suffocated them. This was by far the second bloodiest battle in the civil war. The Union killed 1,550 soldiers, wounded 7,750, and captured 1,020. However, the Confederate, they killed 2,100 Union soldiers, wounded 9,550, and

The Battle of Antietam is the bloodiest battle in American history. The Battle of Antietam took place on Sept. 17, 1862 and was a desperate attempt to stop the Confederate plans. It took place by Sharpsburg, Maryland along the Antietam river on the Burnside Bridge. Altogether there was 125,000 soldiers fighting that day, and combined around 24,410 casualties make it the bloodiest single day battle in American history. It took place because the Confederates left a copy of their plans at one of their campsites and then a union soldier found them and told the General to attack. This battle was important because if it did not take place the Confederates would have probably been able to carry out their plans and might have

The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest battle in the history of the United States. This battle was during the Civil War and there were many casualties on both sides, the North and the South or the Union and the Confederacy. This battle is also known as The Battle of Sharpsburg as it took place in Sharpsburg, Maryland. In this battle, the Confederates were led by General Lee, and the Union was led by General McClellan. The Confederates had left their tactical plans at their camp. Someone who worked for the Union found them and reported them back. This way, the Union would know about the Confederates’ attack. When both sides clashed, approximately 22000 soldiers were either dead, wounded, or missing. The death count was very, very high. But,

What happened in the Battle of Antietam is that general McClellan got the general Lee's plans about what he was going to do. General McClellan meet the the part of Lee's army that was on Maryland and they started to fight on September 14. Lee managed to keep his amy put together until the other part of his army came to help. When the other part of Lee's army came to help it was still not enough because again McClellan has the plan's of Lee so he knew how to hit hard. At the end Lee's army withdraw to Virginia. The North considered the battle a success. The reason the battle was considered a turning point in the Civil War because "it ended Lee's effort to bring the war to the North." Another reason why this battle was considerede a turning

Every chapter in the historical novel 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America by Steven Gillon holds significance in the shaping of modern America, but "The Battle of Antietam" undoubtedly had the greatest influence in American history. Prior to this battle Lincoln did not have enough power to strive towards freeing southern slaves and had only hoped to keep the union together. However, after his victory at this battle the president was able to put forward the Emancipation Proclamation which required that all slaves in rebellious states be freed. The principle that one person could not own another set in motion progression for racial equality for years to come. The freeing of slaves not only affected each individual that was forced into servitude. After the war was over, which likely would not have ended in a union victory if not for the Battle of Antietam, the economy began to shape into its present form. The north was thriving while the south was left economically devastated. Not only did the war shape the current economy, it also changed the way political parties compete with each other. It also became a trend to not elect those from far down south into office. Lastly, if

After this occurred that did not think that they would would have say in the government anymore and how things were going to be run. The new president tried to assure the south that he would not end slavery but they did not listen to him. “ In your hands, my dissatisfied country, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of… war. The government will not assail you you…. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.” -Abraham Lincoln, Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861. This statement shows that Abraham Lincoln was sacred that the Union was going to break apart. He tried to assure the south that the north would not end their slavery but they did not listen and the United States was launched into a civil war.

Essay 5: The American Revolutionary War and the Civil War The American Revolutionary War and the Civil War both had colossal effects on the American landscape and on society – both were fought for the sake of liberty and freedom, and both helped realize the purposes and goals of the young United States. Yet, it was the Civil War that drastically changed the cultural and social order of the United States. When the delegates of the Constitutional Convention met at Philadelphia and debated extensively about the Constitution and the jobs and missions of the new federal government, the issue of slavery did arise – and there was much discussion concerning its dissolution.

Two parts of America, free North and the slaveholding South blew up into a massive altercation succeeding the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860. 11 Southern states broke away from the Union, altogether turning away from the idea of a single American nation. After the states broke away Abraham Lincoln, who had only been in office for six weeks, stated that the acts of secession were now illegal, he also asked congress for five hundred thousand men to stop and destroy what seemed to be an aggressive act of rebellion.

“Despite the ghastly events of September 11, 2001, another September day 139 years earlier remains the bloodiest single day in American History.” The opening sentence in James McPherson’s book is quite telling. McPherson goes on to describe that around 6,500 Union and Confederate soldiers combined met their deaths at the Battle of Antietam. McPherson’s use of death statistics bring the reader into his narrative, and help the reader to begin thinking about the impact the Civil War had on America. According to McPherson the Civil War was constantly changing hands, at some points the Confederates were ahead, and at other times it was the Union Army. McPherson’s thesis is that no one battle decided the war, but Antietam was the “event” of the war, and changed the course of the war. McPherson effectively confirms his thesis, by not just including the military characteristics, but also interweaving social and political characteristics that were important throughout the Civil War.

Luckily or unluckily, Lincoln won the 1860 elections. The win meant that the agenda of abolishing slave trade in the U.S would be an automatic one but it did not come so easy, there was a battle ahead after Lincoln’s win that had to pay the cost for the anti-slavery campaign, the civil war. Before Lincoln was inaugurated as the next president of the U.S, the seven states of the south seceded to form what they referred to as the Confederate States of America. Other states from the north formed what they termed as union states. This move was termed as unconstitutional and inappropriate