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Battle Of Antietam. Sharpsburg, Maryland Meagan Harris, Tanner Grace, Hannah Higgins, & Cade Pearson. Dates. September 16-18, 1862 One interesting fact is that it was the bloodiest day in America with 23,000 casualties.
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Battle Of Antietam Sharpsburg, Maryland Meagan Harris, Tanner Grace, Hannah Higgins, & Cade Pearson.
Dates • September 16-18, 1862 • One interesting fact is that it was the bloodiest day in America with 23,000 casualties. • The key players of Antietam were George B. McClellan, Robert E. Lee, Joseph Hooker, Ambrose Burnside, A.P Hill, Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Johnny Cook, Oliver Otis, George B. Anderson, and General Isacc P. Rodman.
Summary • On Sep. 16, 1862 George B. McClellan and his union army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee’s army of northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. At dawn on Sep. 17 Maj. General Joseph Hooker’s Union mounted a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank that started the beginning of the Battle of Antietam.