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Antietam is unique amongst the battles of the US Civil War as it was the bloodiest single day of the entire war. Over 23,000 men were either killed or wounded September 17, 1862.

It would give Lincoln a victory to point to so his Emancipation Proclamation could be issued without the appearance of being a desperate measure.

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