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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.
Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg: Maryland: A: Union: McClellan ends Lee's first invasion of North, bloodiest single day of the war. September 19 –20, 1862: Battle of Shepherdstown: West Virginia (Virginia at the time) [A] C: Confederate: Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades. September 19, 1862: Battle of Iuka ...
British victory: in the largest battle of the war the American army of George Washington is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan Landing at Kip's Bay: September 15, 1776: New York: British victory: British capture New York City and hold it for the duration of the war Battle of Harlem Heights: September ...
U.S. Marines invaded Washington County for a public training event that brought modern — for 1924 — battle tactics to Antietam battlefield. 100 years ago, Sharpsburg was invaded again — by ...
Quite a bit, it turns out, particularly regarding the bloodiest battle of the war and in American history, Antietam. In one day of savage fighting, Sept. 17, 1862, an estimated 6,500 soldiers were ...
In the Battle of Antietam, General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North ended on this battlefield in 1862. [5] Established as Antietam National Battlefield Site August 30, 1890, [ 6 ] the park was transferred from the War Department on August 10, 1933, [ 7 ] and redesignated November 10, 1978. [ 6 ]
A portrait depicting the Battle of Antietam, which resulted in over 22,000 fatalities, the Civil War's deadliest one-day battle In July 1861, in the first in a series of prominent battles in the war, Union Army troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell attacked Confederate forces, which were under the command of Beauregard near the national ...
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