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| image       =Battle of Antietam.png

| conflict    =  

|image=[[File:Battle of Antietam.png|300px]]

| partof      =Maryland Campaign

| date        =September 17, 1862

|end=same day

| location    =Sharpsburg, Maryland  

|place=Washington County, Maryland

| combatant1  =Army of the Potomac  

|theater=[[Eastern Theater]]

| combatant2  =Army of Northern Virginia  

|campaign=[[Maryland Campaign]]

| commander1  =[[George B. McClellan]]<br/>Maj. General, USA  

|result=Union victory (strategic)

| commander2  =[[Robert E. Lee]]<br/>General, CSA  

|combatants1=Army of the Potomac

| strength1   =75,500 soldiers

|combatants2=Army of Northern Virginia

| strength2   =38,000 soldiers

|commanders1=[[George B. McClellan]]<br/>Major General, USA

| casualties1 =Killed: 2,108<br/>Wounded: 9,540<br/>Missing or captured: 753  

|commanders2=[[Robert E. Lee]]<br/>General, CSA

| casualties2 =Killed: 1,546<br/>Wounded: 7,752<br/>Missing or captured: 1,018

|strength1=87,000 est.

|strength2=45,000 est.

|casualties1='''12,401'''<br/>Killed: 2,108<br/>Wounded: 9,549<br/>Missing: 753

|casualties2='''10,316'''<br/>Killed: 2,700<br/>Wounded: 9,024<br/>Missing: 2,000

}}

}}

The '''Battle of Antietam''' took place on September 17, 1862 during the [[American Civil War]], when General [[Robert E. Lee]] took his Army of Northern Virginia and attempted the first Confederate invasion of the North.  More than 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on what would be called the single bloodiest day in American history.

The '''Battle of Antietam''' took place on September 17, 1862 during the [[American Civil War]], when General [[Robert E. Lee]] took his Army of Northern Virginia and attempted the first Confederate invasion of the North.  More than 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on what would be called the single bloodiest day in American history.

==See Also==

==See Also==

* [[American Civil War: 1862]]

* [[American Civil War: 1862]]

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{{Template:Campaignbox Maryland 1862}}