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The Battle of Antietam (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm / an-TEE-təm), also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.
At the Battle of Antietam on 17 September the regiment suffered its worst losses of the war, losing 57 killed, 130 wounded, and 23 captured, a total of 210 casualties. [1] Another source listed 11 killed and 110 wounded, a total of 121. [13] The Texas Brigade was led by William T. Wofford since Hood was appointed to lead the division.
Battle Campaign Date Nearest town Total Union Confederacy Total Total Strength Commander Casualties Casualties as % of strength Gettysburg: Gettysburg campaign: July 1 –3, 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: 93,921 71,699 165,620: George G. Meade: Robert E. Lee: 23,049 28,063 51,112: 24.54% 39.14% 30.86% Chickamauga: Chickamauga campaign ...
This article lists battles and campaigns in which the number of U.S. soldiers killed was higher than 1,000. The battles and campaigns that reached that number of deaths in the field are so far limited to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, one campaign during the Vietnam War (the Tet Offensive from January 30 to September 23, 1968) and one campaign during the Iraq ...
Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg ... Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. ... lost a total of 83 ...
Here's why South Kingstown is paying tribute to Civil War brigadier general and native son Isaac Peace Rodman. Shot during the Battle of Antietam, he remains RI's highest-ranking battle casualty ...
Battle reenactments or maneuvers are forbidden on national battlefields now; the last battle reenactment on any Civil War battlefield also occurred at Antietam in 1862, the centennial of the battle.
Losses were far higher than during the war with Mexico, which saw roughly 13,000 American deaths, including fewer than two thousand killed in battle, between 1846 and 1848. One reason for the high number of battle deaths in the civil war was the continued use of tactics similar to those of the Napoleonic Wars, such as charging.