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__The Battle of Antietam __ The battle of Antietam is the bloodiest battle in American history. It is also called The Battle of Sharpsburg,and was fought in Sharpsburg,Maryland. fought in the south on September 17,1862. And is the worst battle to be fought on northern soil. And there was about 23,000 casualties. After confederate general Robert E. Lee was pursued into Maryland by union army general George B. McClellan,he launched attacks against Lee's army.

George B. McClellan,general of the northern union army,pursued Lee's army to Sharpsburg,Maryland. To the Antietam creek. The uniforms for the north and the south look very similar. So that is why it is so hard to tell both sides apart.

General Robert E. Lee,Born 1/19/1807, and died 10/12/1870.He is the general of the southern confederate army. And has been a confederate general for 32 years. And fought in many wars including the American civil war.

During the war,the union and confederate army's used very powerful weapons. One shot from any of these man killers meant immediate amputation. such as the rifled muskets,breech loaders and swords. 1853 Rifled Musket. These strong rifles shot ball bullets.Or buck and ball ammunition. these rifles took a long period of time to reload. It goes bullet,powder,cloth,shoot. but if you do not reload these right...it will go of on you and kill you. But no matter how long it takes to reload a Musket...its still a very powerful and leathel weapon. One shot from a musket meant mediate amputation.

14th century to 19th century breech loader. These cannons were used threw out the civil war. The breech loader is a very modern weapon and has improved threw the years. becoming smaller and smaller like today's handgun. The ammunition of the breech loader is about the size of a bowling ball. also a very strong force to where it is being launched. Today,it is no longer used. Instead it is for display in many museums and is also seen on the battle ground on the famous battle of Gettysburg.

Here is one of the photos from the famous battle of Antietam, and some of the casualties while this tragic war was being fought:

There was 23,000 casualties in the battle of Antietam. All those casualties also include the casualties of the union army and the confederate army. They were all just tossed in this sunken road to disintegrate. And this photo shows the rotting corpses.

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