General Robert Edward Lee.
The Confederates called Antietam the Battle of Sharpsburg.
McClellan for the Union. Lee for the Confederates.
The Confederate Army was commanded by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam.
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This question is miscategorized. Marye's Heights was at Fredricksburg not Antietam.
26,134 people died at the battle of Antietam. About 13,700 of the total casualties were Confederates and about 12,400 death were of the Union. This battle was the bloodiest day in American history. The battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862.
Battle of Antietam
Tactically a draw. But the Confederates ended by retreating, so the Union claimed it as a victory.
Battle of Antietam. Official or not, many of the battles had different name by the Confederates. The Confederates usually named a battle with a nearby town and the Union would name it for the nearest river or other topographical feature.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept the British from sending military aid to the Confederates.
Antietam (or Sharpsburg to the Confederates)
Confederates lost Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Savana, Petersburg, and Appomattox.