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The deadliest single-day battle in American history, if all engaged armies are considered, is the Battle of Antietam with 3,675 killed, including both United States and Confederate soldiers (total casualties for both sides were 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing Union and Confederate soldiers September 17, 1862). [2] [b] [3]
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.
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 ...
Battle Year Conflict Casualties Battle of Megiddo: 1457 BC Thutmose III's first campaign in the Levant: 16,000+ Battle of Kadesh: 1274 BC Second Syrian campaign of Ramesses II: 30,000+ Battle of Qarqar: 853 BC Assyrian conquest of Aram: 24,000+ Battle of Thymbra: 547 BC Lydian–Persian War: 100,000 [163] Battle of Marathon: 490 BC Greco ...
Antietam National Battlefield visitor center renovation provides renewed and deeper look at Sept. 17, 1862, conflict and what led to it.
A famous photograph of the carnage in the brutal Civil War Battle of Antietam comes to life, with Tim […] EXCLUSIVE: Slight spoiler alert. When the first two episodes of Taylor Sheridan’s ...
The Great Battles of the Civil War (TV series 1994) Sherman's March (1986) Civil War Combat (TV Series 2000-2003) Gettysburg: 3 days of Destiny (2004) [citation needed] 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed Women (2006), TV, recounting the Battle of Antietam; Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom (2006) [citation needed]
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