Antietam was considered a Northern victory.
General Lee invaded the state of Maryland in 1862 and was defeated at the Battle of Antietam September 17. His second invasion of the North was into Pennsylvania and there he was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.
The South's Army of Northern Virginia under the command of Robert E. Lee fought many US Civil War battles that are most famously known. These included the Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. Later in the late war, the Battles in the Overland campaign would gain fame. These included Cold harbor and Spotsylvania.
Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) stopped General Lee's first invasion of the North. The second invasion was stopped at Gettysburg, PA. In a technical sense, Antietam caused the invading Army of Northern Virginia to retreat from its already launched invasion of the North.
The importance of The Battle of Antietam was for General Lee to advance into Northern territory and to turn the tide of the war in favor of the Confederacy.
The 1862, the Battle of Antietam was fought in Maryland. The Army of Northern Virginia fought against the Army of the Potomac. It was Lee versus McClellan.
The battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg prevented the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Lee from invading the northern states. The battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville were Confederate victories preventing the US forces from taking the Confederate capital of Richmond.
Shattering victories by Robert E.Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia
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Confederates, both times - the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Robert E. Lee.
General Lee invaded the state of Maryland in 1862 and was defeated at the Battle of Antietam September 17. His second invasion of the North was into Pennsylvania and there he was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.
Antietam was the first major battle during the Civil War that actually turned the South away from attacking the North. Very few Southern forays into the North occurred after Antietam. The last, Gettysburg, ended in disaster for the South.
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The South's Army of Northern Virginia under the command of Robert E. Lee fought many US Civil War battles that are most famously known. These included the Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. Later in the late war, the Battles in the Overland campaign would gain fame. These included Cold harbor and Spotsylvania.
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Lee was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Antietam
Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) stopped General Lee's first invasion of the North. The second invasion was stopped at Gettysburg, PA. In a technical sense, Antietam caused the invading Army of Northern Virginia to retreat from its already launched invasion of the North.