Civil War Events |
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 17th , 1862 NEAR SHARPSBURY, MARYLAND. THIS WAS GENERAL LEE'S FIRST ATTACK ON THE NORTH. HE DID THIS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO LIBERATE MARYLAND (SLAVE HOLDING STATE). IF HE WON THIS BATTLE HE COULD ADD ANOTHER CONFEDERATE STATE TO HIS CAUSE. HE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT CONFEDERACY IS A LEGITIMATE COUNTRY AND A BIG WIN ON UNION TERRITORY WOULD DO JUST THAT. IF HE CONVINCED THE EUROPEAN POWERS THAT THEY WERE A LEGITIMATE COUNTRY , THEN THEY WOULD SEND MATERIAL TO THE SOUTH THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEEDED. THE SOUTH SUFFERED 10,316 CASUALTIES COMPARED TO THE UNION WHO HAD 12,401 CASUALTIES. AT THE BEGINNING THE UNION HAD 75,500 SOLDIERS COMPARED TO THE 38,000 THE UNION HAD. |