Who won the Battle of Antietam in Maryland?

Answer 1

Winner at Antietam

In this battle the Union Army won. We know this because Lee started the retreat back to the Potomac River. When this battle ended it changed the course of the war, now the war was not only to support the Union, it also wanted to free the slaves. The slaves were freed when Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation. Also one of the reasons this battle started was because the south wanted recognition from Europe and when the North won this battle it caused Great Britain to think twice before joining the Confederacy.
This was a Union victory albeit a very close outcome and some historians consider it a draw. It was good enough to embolden Abraham Lincoln, who needed a victory, and he issued the Emancipation Proclamation shortly after the battle.
The Union - only by chance, but it was a decisive victory. It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept Britain out of it.
The Union won a strategic victory in the Battle of Antietam. The battle was fought on September 17, 1862.

Answer 2

The North has been credit for a technical military victory. This is so because the Confederates were severely outnumbered and fought a tactical defense battle. General Lee then had no choice but to retreat back to Virginia in that he had no supply lines into Maryland to sustain him and he was in enemy territory. The commander of the Army of the Potomac at the time, Major General George B. McClellan failed to use his heavy reserves to create a decisive victory.

It was made possible by a freak chance - a Confederate officer had managed to lose a copy of Lee's orders, showing the positions of his various units, which were widely separated.

This document found its way to McLellan, who felt he had the game in his hands - he could destroy each of the units in turn.

However, there was a Confederate spy in the camp, who alerted Lee, and the Confederates were able to concentrate their forces in time to avoid surrender.

Still it was a Northern victory, and the one Lincoln had been waiting for, to give him the credibility to issue his Emancipation Proclamation.

Answer 3

The confederates I believe

Another Answer:

Militarily it was a draw even though it forced Lee to leave Maryland. Politically it was a disaster for the south. After defeating the northern armies so many times and getting to Maryland, both Great Britain and France were ready to recognize and even begin supporting the south. Lincoln was told by his advisers not to announce the Emancipation Proclamation until Lee had either been defeated in a battle or had been stopped. Afterwards. Britain and France, who had abolished slavery years earlier, could not support the south.

Answer 4

the union won.

The Battle ended in a draw, the following day the Army of Northern Virginia withdrew to the Potomac ending the Maryland Campaign of 1862.

Answer 5

No one, the loss of too man lives on both sides caused both sides to retreat. It was a siege.

Answer 6

The Union!