Battle+of+Antietam+mbm

= Battle of Antietam = The Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It was part of the Maryland campaign that was the first major battle in the American Civil War to happen on northern soil and also known as the bloodiest single-day battle in all of American history. it had 23,000 casualties. The commanders and leaders are George B. McClellan for the Union and Robert E. Lee for the Confederacy. For the Union there were 2,108 killed; 9,540 wounded; 753 captured/missing. While for the Confederacy, there were 1,546 killed; 7,752 wounded; 1,018 captured/missing. The result of the war was inconclusive and a strategic Union victory.