July 21, 1861
... Antietam · The Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to attack the Union in Maryland, on Union soil, in September of 1862. · Over 23,000 Union and ...
... Antietam · The Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to attack the Union in Maryland, on Union soil, in September of 1862. · Over 23,000 Union and ...
Civil War
... Commander Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burn ...
... Commander Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burn ...
Antietam The Bloodiest Day of the Civil War
... By late afternoon they had driven the Georgians back almost to Sharpsburg, threatening to cut off the line of retreat for Lee's decimated Confederates Then about 4 p.m. Gen. A. P. Hiii's division, left behind by Jackson at Harpers Ferry to dispose of the captured Federal property, arrived on the fie ...
... By late afternoon they had driven the Georgians back almost to Sharpsburg, threatening to cut off the line of retreat for Lee's decimated Confederates Then about 4 p.m. Gen. A. P. Hiii's division, left behind by Jackson at Harpers Ferry to dispose of the captured Federal property, arrived on the fie ...
The Battle of Antietam
... infantry rose up and surprised the Northerners McClellan ordered his infantry to withdraw and directed the Northern artillery to fire on the cornfield ...
... infantry rose up and surprised the Northerners McClellan ordered his infantry to withdraw and directed the Northern artillery to fire on the cornfield ...
Antietam The Civil War`s Bloodiest Day
... on the Union left flank at Rohrbach Bridge over Antietam Creek, later dubbed “Burnside’s Bridge.” After intense fighting, Major-General Ambrose Burnside succeeded in advancing two of his Ninth Corps regiments over the bridge in an attempt to block Lee from retreating across the Potomac. Finally, it ...
... on the Union left flank at Rohrbach Bridge over Antietam Creek, later dubbed “Burnside’s Bridge.” After intense fighting, Major-General Ambrose Burnside succeeded in advancing two of his Ninth Corps regiments over the bridge in an attempt to block Lee from retreating across the Potomac. Finally, it ...
The Battle of Antietam
... the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties. ...
... the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties. ...
Chapter 3 Sec 2
... After 7 days of fighting General Lee’s army, McClellan was forced to retreat, and Lee marched towards Washington D.C. ...
... After 7 days of fighting General Lee’s army, McClellan was forced to retreat, and Lee marched towards Washington D.C. ...
pg_11 Antietam Worksheet 2016-2017
... On September 16, 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. At dawn on September 17, Maj. General Joseph Hooker’s Union corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank that began the Battle ...
... On September 16, 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. At dawn on September 17, Maj. General Joseph Hooker’s Union corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank that began the Battle ...
The 4th Rhode Island Stands Alone at Antietam
... McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Part of the 9th Corps, they were tasked with cutting off the rebel army from its only line of retreat, the Harper's Ferry road. Unfortunately for the Ocean State men, the 3,000 men of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill's command were coming up that same road, wearing their ...
... McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Part of the 9th Corps, they were tasked with cutting off the rebel army from its only line of retreat, the Harper's Ferry road. Unfortunately for the Ocean State men, the 3,000 men of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill's command were coming up that same road, wearing their ...
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717.After pursuing Confederate General Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Union Army Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's Cornfield and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burnside and ending the battle. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout September 18, while removing his battered army south of the Potomac River.Despite having superiority of numbers, McClellan's attacks failed to achieve force concentration, allowing Lee to counter by shifting forces and moving interior lines to meet each challenge. Despite ample reserve forces that could have been deployed to exploit localized successes, McClellan failed to destroy Lee's army. McClellan had halted Lee's invasion of Maryland, but Lee was able to withdraw his army back to Virginia without interference from the cautious McClellan. Although the battle was tactically inconclusive, the Confederate troops had withdrawn first from the battlefield, making it, in military terms, a Union victory. It had significance as enough of a victory to give President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation, which discouraged the British and French governments from potential plans for recognition of the Confederacy.