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=//**Battle of Antietam **//     =

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= = //**The Battle At Antietam Occurred on September 16, 1862 until September 18, 1862 http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/md003.htm**//
 * 1) 1 //**The Battle Of Antietam**//
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 * 1) 3//**The Battle took place at Sharpsburg,Washington County http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/md003.htm**//


 * 1) 4 //**In charge of the Confederate army was Gen. Robert E. Lee, and in charge of the Union army was Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/md003.htm**//


 * 1) 5//**Gen. Robert E. Lee had an army of no more then 60,000 soldiers, and Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan had a force of 87,000 soldiers. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-antietam.htm**//

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 * 1) 6 //**The battle was first started on a cornfield that swept to a church. The south surrounded the north and up a trap. The north ended up falling into the trap. As a result the north lost 2,200 men and retreated. Later on that day Gen McClellan attacked the confederates and broke through the center of their defense. Even though he had the weapons to finish the battle, he decided to retreat. The Battle at Antietam was one of the most bloodiest single day battles. The Battle of Antietam a shock of both armies came with a loss of a life. Sunken road came to be known as bloody lane from all the tragic deaths. One day of battle they where fighting in the fog and had no clue where they where so sometimes when they went to shoot they shot they own men. The war was so brutal that it was no decisive victory for both sides. The Union won with a strategic withdraw of Lee's men. http://www.flamingnet.com/antietamx/antietamreport.htm**//


 * 1) 7 //**The turning point in the battle was when the Union got out of the trap and when they faked like they retreated they came back and surrounded them. http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=106181**//


 * 1) 8 //**The north won the battle at Antietam and they won by 23,100 casualties. http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarbattles/p/cwbattle_antie.htm**//


 * 1) 9 //**The Union casualties 2,108 dead, 9,540 wounded and 753 missing. The Confederate casualties 1,546 dead, 7,752 wounded and 1,018 missing. media-2.web.britannica.com**//


 * 1) 10 //**The battle gave President Lincoln the opportunity to issue the emancipation proclamation. It declared to free all slaves in states that still rebel against the United States. http://americancivilwar.com/antiet.html**//