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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 1862, the 8th Louisiana Infantry suffered 103 casualties according to one account, [1] or 91 casualties (7 killed, 84 wounded) according to a second account. The 1st Louisiana brigade still belonged to Ewell's division, except that the division commander at Antietam was Brigadier General Alexander R ...
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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 ...
The Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) on September 17 was the bloodiest day in American military history with over 22,000 casualties. Lee, outnumbered two to one, moved his defensive forces to parry each offensive blow, but McClellan never deployed all of the reserves of his army to capitalize on localized successes and destroy the Confederates.
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 ...
Here's why South Kingstown is paying tribute to Civil War brigadier general and native son Isaac Peace Rodman.
The 5th Ohio Infantry was heavily involved in the fighting at the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862. It was part of Major General Joseph Mansfield's XII Corps and Lt. Col. Hector Tyndale 's Brigade, along with the 7th Ohio Infantry , 66th Ohio Infantry , and 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiments .