The Battle of Antietam was the last of the 4 Megabattles of the Kennewick War in which 137,764 soldiers (including random photographer) were killed 237,194 soldiers were wounded and 84 goats were raped during the 64 day long battle. The battle was the turning point of the Invasion of Southridge by the "Scarlet Horde" of the Kamiakin Empire and mercenaries from Delta, Richland and Hanford.
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| - The Battle of Antietam was the last of the 4 Megabattles of the Kennewick War in which 137,764 soldiers (including random photographer) were killed 237,194 soldiers were wounded and 84 goats were raped during the 64 day long battle. The battle was the turning point of the Invasion of Southridge by the "Scarlet Horde" of the Kamiakin Empire and mercenaries from Delta, Richland and Hanford.
- The Battle of Antietam also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with 22,717 dead, wounded, and missing on both sides combined.
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| - The Battle of Antietam, by Kurz & Allison, depicting the scene of action at Burnside's Bridge
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| Result
| - Tactically inconclusive; strategic Union victory
- Major Southridge Victory. Scarlet Horde invasion of SHS is halted
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| - Tri-Cities, Washington
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- near Sharpsburg, Maryland
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| - Confederate staff officer Henry Kyd Douglas
- Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker
- Sergeant of the 61st New York
- Captain Benjamin F. Cook of the 12th Massachusetts Infantry, on the attack by the Louisiana Tigers at the Cornfield
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| - Battle of Antietam
- The Battle of Antietam'
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| - ...the most deadly fire of the war. Rifles are shot to pieces in the hands of the soldiers, canteens and haversacks are riddled with bullets, the dead and wounded go down in scores.
- We were shooting them like sheep in a pen. If a bullet missed the mark at first it was liable to strike the further bank, angle back, and take them secondarily.
- Go and look at [Burnside's Bridge], and tell me if you don't think Burnside and his corps might have executed a hop, skip, and jump and landed on the other side. One thing is certain, they might have waded it that day without getting their waist belts wet in any place.
- ... every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the [Confederates] slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before.
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| - The Battle of Antietam was the last of the 4 Megabattles of the Kennewick War in which 137,764 soldiers (including random photographer) were killed 237,194 soldiers were wounded and 84 goats were raped during the 64 day long battle. The battle was the turning point of the Invasion of Southridge by the "Scarlet Horde" of the Kamiakin Empire and mercenaries from Delta, Richland and Hanford.
- The Battle of Antietam also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with 22,717 dead, wounded, and missing on both sides combined. After pursuing Confederate General Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Union Army Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's cornfield and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burnside and ending the battle. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout September 18, while removing his battered army south of the Potomac River. Despite having superiority of numbers, McClellan's attacks failed to achieve force concentration, allowing Lee to counter by shifting forces and moving interior lines to meet each challenge. Despite ample reserve forces that could have been deployed to exploit localized successes, McClellan failed to destroy Lee's army. McClellan had halted Lee's invasion of Maryland, but Lee was able to withdraw his army back to Virginia without interference from the cautious McClellan. Although the battle was tactically inconclusive, the Confederate troops had withdrawn first from the battlefield, making it, in military terms, a Union victory. It had significance as enough of a victory to give President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation, which discouraged the British and French governments from potential plans for recognition of the Confederacy.
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