Battle of Antietam

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The Battle of Antietam was a pivotal 1862 clash in the American Civil War, known as the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history and a turning point that enabled Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Antietam (The Battle of Antietam was a pivotal 1862 clash in the American Civil War, known as the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history and a turning point that enabled Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Sharpsburg ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Antietam
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union ⓘ
campaignObjective Confederate invasion of the North ⓘ
linked to: Gettysburg Campaign
casualtyDescription heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
commander George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Robert E. Lee ⓘ
commanderRole George B. McClellan commanded Union forces ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Robert E. Lee commanded Confederate forces ⓘ
linked to: Robert E. Lee
ConfederateArmy Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesApprox about 10,300 ⓘ
ConfederateObjective gain foreign recognition through a victory on Union soil ⓘ
conflictIn American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date September 17, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Shepherdstown ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
killedWoundedMissingApprox about 23,000 ⓘ
legacy led to shift of war aims toward emancipation ⓘ
major turning point in the American Civil War ⓘ
location Antietam Creek ⓘ
Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
Washington County, Maryland ⓘ
memorial Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
notableEvent first major battle of the Civil War fought on Union soil ⓘ
notableFeature bloodiest single day in American military history ⓘ
partOf Maryland Campaign ⓘ
politicalConsequence discouraged potential British recognition of the Confederacy ⓘ
discouraged potential French recognition of the Confederacy ⓘ
enabled preliminary Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ
precededBy Battle of South Mountain ⓘ
preservedAs U.S. National Battlefield ⓘ
result strategic Union victory ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
stateControl National Park Service ⓘ
strategicSignificance gave Abraham Lincoln political capital to issue the Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ
halted first major Confederate invasion of the North ⓘ
terrainFeature Burnside Bridge ⓘ
Sunken Road ⓘ
cornfield ⓘ
UnionArmy Army of the Potomac ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesApprox about 12,400 ⓘ
UnionObjective drive Confederate forces from Maryland ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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subject linked to: Antietam Creek, Maryland
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