Battle of Antietam

I know that the French soldiers wore a uniform similar to the chasseurs, which were painted in this painting

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but I am not exactly sure what the Mexicans wore, though I have read that it was black

The battle of Antietam. It's also the bloodiest battle in military history (still, to this day). Lee gave his captains paper copies of the plans. One lost his, it was found by a Union soldier, who gave it to Grant, and they met them at Antietam. The lost copy of the Operation Order 191 issued by Lee was not given to Grant but to Gen. McClellan, who at that time was the Commander of Union Army of the Potomac.

Monuments which remember and honour the men who fought there.

The Northern States erected 71 monuments to remember the regiments that fought with the Army of the Potomac that day.

General Robert E. Lee made two important assumptions as the Battle of Antietam was about to unfold in September of 1862. One such assumption was that troops led by General Stonewall Jackson would arrive from Harper's Ferry sooner than they did. Jackson's late arrival to join Lee potentially allowed for Lee to be attacked by Union General George B. McClellan's army with a two to one troop advantage. The second assumption of Lee that McClellan would delay his attack was true.

States rights, slavery, western expansion, trade, property and taxation, cause many of the debates.

It was just one Confederate officer who had dropped a set of Lee's orders in the field.

By an extraordinary chance, these were found and shown to McClellan, who realised that Lee's divisions were widely separated, and that he could destroy them piecemeal.

Unfortunately there was a Confederate spy in the camp, who was able to alert Lee, and McClellan did not achieve total victory.

Still, the Confederates did retreat back to Virginia, and it was recognised as an important Union win.

The outcome of the battle was indecisive. But it has to be considered a strategical success for the Union because Lee withdraw in Virginia giving up his offensive plan of invading the North.

West point graduate George G. Meade fought at the Battle of Antietam. He was a brigadier general under the command of Corps commander Joseph Hooker. Meade led the Third Division of Hooker's First Corps.

The significance of Antietam to the war was the fact that Lincoln used the battle as a Union victory, although it was an overall tie, to put in motion the Emancipation Proclamation.

At the US Civil War Battle of Antietam, is was the tactics not the strategies that were employed. Confederate General Robert E. Lee chose his best tactic based on the fact his army was vastly outnumbered. His tactic was to maintain a defensive posture causing Union General McClellan no choice but to use offensive if he wanted to send Lee and his army back to Virginia. So, classical defensive and offensive battle tactics were used.

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Thousands of soldiers died by following orders to cross open fields against such weapons. Commanders on both sides needed a long time to recognize that these traditional strategies exposed their troops to slaughter.

The Battle of Antietam was fought September 17, 1862, before the battle of Fredricksburg which was fought on December 13, 1862.

The crucial Battle of Antietam was a dangerous mission for the Army of Northern Virginia Under the command of Robert E. Lee. His decision to stand and fight on September 17, 1862, instead of retreating on the 16th has caused Lee's critics to point out that this was a tactical error. By doing so, he exposed his army to even more losses, even close enough to cause his entire army to be destroyed. In Lee's defense, it should be remembered that the South's public morale was a necessity to keep the South optimistic that their bid for independence stood a good chance of success. Lee's decision to not retreat resonated favorably with Southern citizens, and despite the failure in Maryland, Lee's standing with the public remained high and the morale of Lee's soldiers quickly was revived.

it was the bloodiest battle in the civil war

The US Civil War Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862. In casualties, the worst single-day battle in American history.

The South was led by General Robert E. Lee and the North was led by General George B. McClellan.

It was his victories through the summer of 1862, culminating in 2nd Bull Run, that gave him the confidence to invade the North, to try to bring Maryland into the Confederacy. This invasion was stalled at Antietam, which was a Union victory, not Confederate.

The following summer, his victory at Chancellorsville gave him the confidence to try again, this time to plunder the rich farming state of Pennsylvania, to forage for his starving troops. That invasion was stopped by the Union win at Gettysburg.

General George McClellan's mistake in the Battle of Antietam was hesitating and not acting decisively enough to take advantage of his manpower. He held back far too many troops in reserve that he did not use. Technically the battle was a draw. Historians conclude he should have been able to deal a much heavier blow to Confederate forces.

She Did Not serve in the War, she was a Nurse to the soldiers DURING the war.

Because he retreated back to Virginia, leaving the field to the Union.

More to the point, it was a grievous loss to the Confederacy in general. The British had been treating this campaign as the test of Confederate viability, and began to lose interest in helping the South. Meanwhile it gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure. After this, free nations abroad could not aid the South without looking pro-slavery themselves.

because the union armies were already heavily demoralized

It wasn't Union strategy.

It was pure chance.

A Confederate officer accidentally dropped a set of orders in the field, where they were picked up by Union troops, and confirmed genuine because one of the Generals recognised the handwriting of the enemy officer who had signed them. (Many regular officers were well acquainted with their enemies, even close friends with them.)

This gave McLellan a big advantage, though not enough to destroy Lee's army outright. Still, for all its terrible casualties, it was a decisive victory which caused the British to lose interest in helping the Confederates.

It took place just outside the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. Antietam Creek runs East of the town. The battle was fought basically on the ground between the town and the creek. The Confederates referred to the battle by the town's name(Sharpsburg) and the Union referred to it by the creek's name. Other battles had dual names also. Manassas to the Confederates was Bull Run to the Union. Manassas refers to an important railroad junction,Bull Run is a creek in the same area.

Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac during Gettysburg.