The Battle of Antietam
By: Gabe Franklin and Andrew Phillips
Introduction
September 17th, 1862
Antietam, Maryland
The Battle of Antietam was fought between the Northern General George McClellan and Southern General Robert E. Lee. This battle was the bloodiest in the Civil War, resulting in a total of 10,318 Confederate casualties and 12,401 Union casualties.Starting Causes
General Robert E. Lee
General George B. McClellan
Build Up
Wednesday, Sep 17, 1862, 06:45 AM
Antietam National Battlefield, Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD, United States
First Shots
Wednesday, Sep 17, 1862, 07:00 AM
Antietam National Battlefield, Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD, United States
An Advancement on Robert E. Lee's left flank
Wednesday, Sep 17, 1862, 09:30 AM
Antietam National Battlefield, Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD, United States
The results of Sunken Road
Wednesday, Sep 17, 1862, 11:00 AM
Sunken Road, Fredericksburg, VA, United States
On the Offensive
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2015, 10:00 AM
Antietam National Battlefield, Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD, United States
Mile Long Wall
Wednesday, Sep 17, 1862, 03:00 PM
Antietam National Battlefield, Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD, United States
Reinforcement for One Side
Wednesday, Sep 17, 1862, 04:00 PM
Antietam National Battlefield, Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD, United States
Conclusion
Wednesday, Sep 17, 1862, 05:30 PM
Antietam National Battlefield, Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD, United States
Union Eye Witness
We were finally however ordered to lie down in a cornfield & stray shot and shell began to whiz over our heads and burst around us. Of course every one thought it incumbent upon him to dodge every time he heard a chirra whoo even though it was flying a hundred feet above us. This feeling soon passed away however and the boys were decidedly too anxious to get up and see what was going on. They were soon satisfied. We were ordered to get up and throw off our bundles (I in this way lost my rubber and woolen blankets & have not seen them since) & march to the left into the woods [East Woods]. Lying just in front of our lines was a great number of dead and wounded. One poor fellow lay just before us with one leg shot off; the other shattered and otherwise badly wounded; fairly shrieking with pain.
Lt. Sebastian Duncan, Jr., 13th New Jersey Infantry, 12th Corps
Letter to his Mother, Sept. 21, 1862, Duncan Papers, New Jersey Historical Society