Thursday, August 19, 2010

Battle of Antietam

Where:  Sharpsburg Maryland.  December 16-18 1862

Important People:

George B. McClellan- Union

Robert E. Lee-  Confederate

Ambrose Burnside- Union

Who Won:  The North

Interesting Facts: 

1.  This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, 23,000 soldiers died.

2.  This battle led Abraham Lincoln to write and declare the emancipation proclaimation


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