ASIN: B01IZ0G82K
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 70
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fighting by soldiers and generals on both sides*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe bloodiest day in American history took place on the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. On September 17, 1862, Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia fought George McClellan’s Union Army of the Potomac outside Sharpsburg along Antietam Creek. That day, nearly 25,000 would become casualties, and Lee’s army would barely survive fighting the much bigger Northern army. Although the battle was tactically a draw, it resulted in forcing Lee’s army out of Maryland and back into Virginia, making it a strategic victory for the North and an opportune time for President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in the rebellious states. ...
