THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM September 17, 1862

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THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM September 17, 1862

X. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM A. Lee’s First Invasion of the North 1.Cause panic in the North (Washington DC) 2. Feed his army and resupply 3. Turn Maryland to the South and isolate Washington DC B. McClellan’s chance to redeem himself. 1. Defeat Lee and wipe out the ANV (Orders) 2. Show that he truly is a young Napoleon C. Lincoln’s Chance to Shift the Purpose of the War.

George McClellan and Robert E. Lee

THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN 1862

X. The Battle of Antietam D. The Battle that should have been won. 1. Lee needs only to defend, and he does. 2. Morning: The Bloody Corn Field 3. Noon: The Sunken Road 4. Afternoon: Burnside’s Bridge 5. Stalemate and Escape.

GEN MACLELLAN’S HQ

LUTHERAN CHURCH SHARPSBURG

WEST SIDE OF THE CORNFIELD LOOKING NORTH

WEST SIDE OF “THE CORNFIELD” NEAR THE ROAD.

BURYING THE DEAD AT “THE CORNFIELD”

SOUTH END OF CORNFIELD NEAR REBEL ARTILLERY POSITIONS

THE DUNKER CHURCH

UNKNOWN REBELS

GRAVE OF LT. CLARK

UNKOWN REBEL PRIVATE

MIDDLE BRIDGE REBEL LINES ARE ALONG THIS RIDGE.

THE SUNKEN ROAD

THE SUNKEN ROAD

THE SUNKEN ROAD

BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE

BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE

THE HARPERS WEEKLY VERSION OF THE WAR.

Field Hospital

Watching the Battle from Headquarters

George and Abe hang out.

McClellan and Lincoln meeting at the General’s tent near Antietam October 3rd, 1862.

X. The Battle of Antietam E. The Bloodiest Day in American History. 1. 131,000 Soldiers involved. 2. 22, 717 Casualties in one day. 3. Clara Barton: No Hospitals 4. US Sanitary Commission born.

Post-Antietam Events E. Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation 1. Freed slaves in any Confederate State 2. criticized because it didn’t free slaves in border states. 3. 4 million freed by the end of the war