What is facts about the battle of Antietam?

Answer 1

That it was called the Battle of Sharpsburg by the South.
sep. 16-18,1862
in sharpsburg,Maryland
92,400 soldiers fought








ite it was a tie, the union didnt win.

and also the only day of fighting was September 17th, 530 AM - 530 PM

and there were more casualties in this one battle than the revolution, Mexican war and the war of 1812 put together (all the deaths of all the wars)
south called Antietam sharpsburg
it was one of the bloodiest battles in the civil war and it lasted for one day
Biggest number of casualties in one day, in all American history.

This Confederate defeat signalled the failure of Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. The British had viewed this as the test of Confederate viability, prior to possible intervention on the side of the South. That prospect was never high on the agenda again.

The outcome of the battle was decided by pure accident, when a Confederate officer accidentally dropped a set of orders in the field. These were taken to the Union HQ and confirmed genuine by an officer who could recognise the handwriting of the General who had signed them. This gave McLellan a big advantage in being able to wrong-foot Lee, just for once.

Answer 2

36 casualties occurred every minute for twelve hours.

Also was the bloodiest day in American history.

The battle is also called the battle of Sharpsburg.

Answer 3

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  The Confederates attacked from the north and the Yankees entered the battlefield from the south.

• 95,000 Union people
• 75,000 Confederate people
• 23,040 Union casualties
• estimated 22000-25,000 Confederate casualties
• Reynold's was the only union general killed during the battle. That's not true because 3 or 4 have died do research and how could he die if he made a painting of the battle????!!!!
• Barlow was the youngest union general.

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Answer 4

This was the first victory for the Unions(Not really a victory but the Union citizens considered it a victory) and it allowed president Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation. It was the bloodiest single day battle.

Answer 5

Gettysburg had the highest casualty figures of any battle in the war.

Mead was given command of the Union forces on his way to the battle.

Stuart's cavalry lost touch with Lee's infantry entirely, preventing Lee from having a full picture of the battlefield.

Gettysburg was a Battle Of Encounter. Neither side knew the other was there until they made contact.

Lee had not planned a battle there; his forces were scavenging for shoes from a warehouse in Gettysburg.

The South came in from the north, and the North advanced from the south.

Lee never revealed his ultimate objective for the campaign.

The plan was originally designed to relieve pressure from Vicksburg. It failed to do so.

Answer 6

it helped give president Lincoln the courage to announce his enanapation proclamation.