The+Battle+of+Antietam

= THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM = The battle of Antietam,September 16-18,1862 Antietam,Maryland, is the bloodiest battle of the civil war. It was also called the battle of Sharpsburg. The battle took place on the northern soil. General George B. McClellan and his union army confronted Robert E. Lee's army of northern Virginia in Sharpsburg,Maryland. On September 17, Gen. Joseph Hooker's union army led an attack on Lee's army. Which started the Battle of Antietam. The pictures below shows the photos and tragedies from the battle of Antietam:

The amount of soldiers that fought in the war was 92,400! I'm not so sure if it includes casualties. But the battle of Antietam was so bloody..the generals had to look for men to fight in the war or his army. And this one battle had more casualties than the Revolutionary war. 2,300 men lay dead as they served their army. The pictures of the generals are listed below:



