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The Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862. The Two Commanders. Robert E. Lee (CSA). George B. McClellan (USA). General Robert E. Lee’s reasons for invading Maryland. To gather supplies and troops from the slave-holding border state of Maryland. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: The Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862

The Battle of AntietamSeptember 17, 1862

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Robert E. Lee (CSA) George B. McClellan (USA)

The Two Commanders

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General Robert E. Lee’s reasons for invading Maryland• To gather supplies and troops from the slave-holding

border state of Maryland.• To give the farmers in Virginia time to bring in their crops

for the winter.• To get military or political support from France and Great

Britain.• To damage Northern morale before the November

elections.• To bring the war north and threaten Washington, DC and

other Northern cities.• Defeat the Union army once and for all.

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Battle Map

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The Cornfield and Dunker Church area saw some of U.S. History’s most horrific fighting. For nearly three hours Union and Confederate forces battled each other and were cut to pieces.

Death in the Cornfield

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Outnumbered Confederates in the Sunken Road were able to withstand a Union frontal attack, but their line collapsed when flanked, resulting in tremendous casualties on both sides.

Bloody Lane

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About 500 Confederates held this area overlooking the bridge for three hours until General Burnside’s men finally captured it and crossed Antietam Creek.

The Burnside Bridge

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Results of the BattleThe Battle of Antietam ended Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North

The Confederate Army Retreats Back to Virginia

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Results of the BattleThe Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle in American History. 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing in a twelve-hour period.

Dead soldiers in front of Dunker Church.

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Results of the BattleThis battle also resulted in President Lincoln issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

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Afterwards, the battlefield became a vast hospital and burial ground. Local residents returned to a scene of devastation.

The Aftermath in Sharpsburg

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The Mumma family farm was destroyedSurgeons try to care for the 19,000 wounded

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Clara Barton helped the doctors take care of the wounded

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Soldiers were buried in mass graves where they fell until they were reburied in area cemeteries several years later.

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Antietam Battlefield Today

Dunker Church

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Antietam Battlefield Today

Bloody Lane

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Antietam Battlefield Today

Burnside Bridge

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Antietam Battlefield Today-National Cemetery