Antietam+Notes


 * Generals:
 * Confederate- Robert E. Lee
 * Union- George B. McClellan
 * Battle begins September 17, 1862
 * More than 23,000 men killed altogether
 * Union Victory due to the large number of casualties to the Confederacy
 * First major battle on Northern soil
 * McClellan and his troops pursued Lee and his troops onto Maryland soil, and then launched their attacks from defensive positions behind Antietam Creek
 * Union troops over took a bridge, shortly before Confederate troops launched a counterattack from Harpers Ferry