The Battle Of Northern Virginia

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.

It can be debated where exactly the Union was able to claim its victory during the War Between the States. Most people could narrow the turning point in the war to Gettysburg and Vicksburg. The battle of Gettysburg was a very tragic loss for the South, but the battle at Vicksburg was the largest victory for the North. In this lone battle, the Union created an economic problem for the South. The Union Army’s troops, helped by gunboats and river ironclads took control over the Mississippi River. This action virtually split the Confederate territory in two while also seizing control over the South 's main artery of transport. When Vicksburg fell to Union troops on July 4, 1863, the Confederacy lost its last chance to control the Mississippi River.

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.

that would take his army across more than a mile of open field. On the other side

From the onset of the war, the Union had its obvious advantages. They simply had large amounts of resources of which the South did not. "In all history, no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. You are bound to fail" --Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend. Over 85 percent of the nation's industry and significant material resources were controlled by the North. The North was able to use take power of their economical advantages to produce military supplies, and replace damaged equipment more rapidly than the Confederacy. On top of that, forces for the field could be re-supplied rapidly because

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

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 was the bloodiest day in U.S.A. military history. Our country was in a civil war and state of turmoil; it was a country divided. This battle was important to the end of the Confederacy, and, in turn, the merging of it and the Union into one, the United States of America, the greatest country in the world. Twenty-three thousand lives were lost that day while fighting in that vicious battle. This is why the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest military day in U.S.A. history, was a crucial battle in the Civil War and might have paved the way for the Union’s victory of it.

The battle of Antietam was about 12 hours long. The battle of Antietam lasted about 12 hours.The battle of Antietam was also named the battle of Sharpsburg. The location of the battle was Sharpsburg, Washington County in Maryland. The battle of Antietam happened on September 17,1862. The union general was George B. McClellan and the confederate general was Robert E. Lee. Lee had about 16,000 horses. The union army of the Potomac was 75,300. The Confederate army had 52,000. The

The Union used the Confederacy's poor choice of their charging target to their advantage. It seems as if Lee had forgotten that the Union's line was on Little Round Top, allowing the Union to see where the Confederates were coming from. Thus enabling the Union to maneuver their artillery in the correct spot, which then allowed for the complete destruction of the Confederate army. This great accomplishment later lead to the Union's overall

With 23,000 casualties, The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in the civil war, At a great price, the north claimed victory. McClellan moved his 100,000 soldiers along the Chesapeake to a peninsula southeast of Richmond. he waited there almost a month for more troops, giving the Confederated time to reinforce their 15,000 soldiers. On May 31,1862 the confederates Stopped the Union’s advance close to richmond, causing them to retreat late june. Lee then decided to invade the North in hopes of Turning turning the northern public against the war, and win support from Europe. In september he moved his army into western Maryland. Fortunately for the Union army an officer found Lee’s battle plan. McClellan learned that the Confederate army

The battle of Antietam began on September 17, 1862 in Sharpsburg Maryland when General McClellan’s Union army began a powerful attack on general Lee’s left flank. Not only did this advance bring about the beginning of the battle of Antietam it also marked the begging of the bloodiest day in our nation’s history. This bloody clash took place on Millers corn field and in west woods near Dunkers church. The two forces fought for control of the sunken road; a key defensive position that was held by the confederates, this position was breached by the Union forces at one point but control was quickly regained by the confederacy because there were no further advances by the Union army to maintain this breach in Lee’s defense.

In the month of September of the year 1862, was when the union forces under McClellan had met Robert E. Lee’s army on Maryland. It was the bloodiest day of all wars and the first mayor battles from the American Civil War. Many people were killed, injured and missing that estimated to be about 22,717 people overall. The battle was called, the battle of Antietam, but also known as Battle of Sharpsburg.

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.

This most important Civil War Battle occurred over three summer days, July 1 - July 3 1863, around the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as not that big of a deal but by the time it ended, there were 160,000 Americans. Before the battle, a lot major cities in the North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington D.C, were under threat of attack from General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched into Pennsylvania. The Union Army of the Potomac under its new commander, General George G. Meade, marched to intercept Lee. ( Jeffry D. Wert)