After many defeats on the eastern front, the stalemate at Antietam was a major morale boast for the Union. The battle also prevented European nations from supporting the Confederacy. Additionally, the stalemate gave Abraham Lincoln an opportunity to present the Emancipation Proclamation without seeming desperate.
The union won the battle Antietam in Maryland. It was the bloodiest battle in the war.
2,108 Union men died in battle of Antietam
It was the first battle in which Lincoln exclusively planned the Union's tactics.
650,000 men fought for the union in the battle of Antietam.
The Union lost 12,000 killed, wounded, or captured at the Battle of Antietam.
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the battle was a strategic union victory.
George McClellan
The Union side
George McLellan
Antietam
The result or outcome of the Battle of Antietam(in which Union Army won) was freeing of slaves after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.