1. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM September 17, 1862

2. 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.

3. George McClellan and Robert E. Lee

4. THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN 1862

5. 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.

6. GEN MACLELLAN’S HQ

7. LUTHERAN CHURCH SHARPSBURG

9. WEST SIDE OF THE CORNFIELD LOOKING NORTH

10. WEST SIDE OF “THE CORNFIELD” NEAR THE ROAD.

11. BURYING THE DEAD AT “THE CORNFIELD”

12. SOUTH END OF CORNFIELD NEAR
REBEL ARTILLERY POSITIONS

13. THE DUNKER CHURCH

14. UNKNOWN REBELS

15. GRAVE OF LT. CLARK

16. UNKOWN REBEL PRIVATE

17. MIDDLE BRIDGE
REBEL LINES ARE ALONG THIS RIDGE.

19. THE SUNKEN ROAD

20. THE SUNKEN ROAD

21. THE SUNKEN ROAD

23. BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE

24. BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE

25. THE HARPERS WEEKLY VERSION OF THE WAR.

26. Field Hospital

27. Watching the Battle from Headquarters

28. George and Abe hang out.

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

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

31. 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