Sharpsburg
The battle was known as the Battle of Sharpsburg to the Southerners.
Antietam
Yes on 17 September 1862 in the bloodiest single day of battle in American History to date at what is called the Battle of Antietam.
The Confederates called Antietam the Battle of Sharpsburg.
Battle of Sharpsburg
north
he was on the south
Antietam
south won
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate army at the Battle of Antietam, known in the south as the Battle of Sharpsburg.
The battle of Antietam was fought near the battle of SharpsburgMaryland. But the name Antietam comes from the creek that was near the battlefield , and that was the name the south gave the battle and everyone else just picked up on it.
Jefferson Davis - as he was throughout the Civil War.