Cannonballs flew left and right and bullets soared through the air in the deadliest and most important battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day in the Civil War, but it was a very important turning point in the Civil War. The Civil War changed America., and America would have been a completely different place if it weren’t for the one most important battle in the Civil War, The Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam gave the Union a moral victory which resulted in Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, allowing slaves to be freed and the union to win the war. The Battle of Antietam was the only battle in the Civil War fought in the North, and was the single bloodiest …show more content…
One of these reasons is that Britain and France would have allied with the South if it weren’t for the Battle of Antietam. Britain and France were suffering shortages of the cotton from the South, and they were close to joining the South to help them split. The South had had many victories recently, and it looked like they could have won, but after the Battle of Antietam, the European nations stayed neutral. Another reason that this battle changed the war is that it helped Lincoln win the midterm election. Before the Battle of Antietam, Democrats had been campaigning on the failing war effort, and it was looking like they would control the Senate. If the Democrats had taken control of the Senate, they would likely have voted to end the war and let the South split from the north. However, after the Battle of Antietam, the Republicans gained more support and gained even more seats in the Senate. The Battle of Antietam also helped Lincoln to see the weakness in his general and replace McClellan. Lincoln had ordered McClellan to destroy the Army of North Virginia if possible, but “McClellan, with twice the manpower and the enemy pinned against the Potomac, had many opportunities to do so but held back” (Klein). McClellan didn’t destroy the Army of North Virginia despite having the perfect opportunity to do so, and doing this could have ended the war much earlier. Despite having the Confederate battle plans and twice the manpower, McClellan was still unable to win the battle, and it ended in a draw. This showed Lincoln that McClellan was incapable of leading the army, and he replaced McClellan with Ambrose Burnside as
The book Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, was written by James M. McPherson to argue why the Battle of Antietam was the battle that changed the cause of the Civil War. While McPherson argued this he also argues that the Civil War had many other turning points and was not settled by just one battle. McPherson’s targeted audience would have to be those interested in the Civil War and the events that led to it. McPherson wrote this great book which came to be an important contribution to our collective historical knowledge and understanding because this book explains the important arguments that took place and made the Civil War happen and stop.
On September 17, 1862 General Robert E. Lee's army attacked the north to stage a staggering assault with an end goal to end the Civil War. The Battle of Antietam came about and changed the war's way in light of the fact that it put the Union forces on its way towards triumph. The Battle of Antietam, which is now and then alluded to as the Battle of Sharpsburg, is regularly alluded to as one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. This battle was named from the territory in which it was fought; around the ranges of Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Spring. This battle was a standout amongst the most basic battles of the war in light of the fact that the fight had
The Battle of Antiedam was the bloodiest battle that the north has face they where about more that 20,000 casualties on bolth sides. there one mistake that led to the north winng which tha soulth had made. The mistake that was made was that the general Robert E. Lee had told one of his messangers to go deliver there plans and the messanger went and lost the plan. Ths causing the North to find the South plans and able to counter attack the south plans. Thats why the north won the Battle of Antiedam
The battle of Antietam the Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg) was the most gruesome day of the American civil war, but the worst one day battle in all of American history. It was fought on September 17, 1862, between the town Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, it ended General Robert E. Lee’s first fight against a northern state.
Firstly, the North had won the civil war because the North had the advantage of better resources. These resources would allow the Union to make money that could be used to better everything they needed in the war. This seriously impacted
The Battle of Antietam took place on 17 September 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle was fought between General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and General McClellan’s Army of the Potomac. Although the battle lasted only 12 hours, it was a significant point of the American Civil War, as well as the deadliest day in history. Tactically the battle was considered a draw, but the North claimed strategic victory and President Lincoln published the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing hundreds of thousands of slaves.
September 17, 1862, more commonly known as the Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in American history to date. It had three phases each at different locations, and equally destructive in some way, shape, or form. While the Battle of Gettysburg is coined the most deadly battle, that took place over three days… the Battle of Antietam was only one.
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in U.S.A. military history. Our country was in a civil war and state of turmoil; it was a country divided. This battle was important to the end of the Confederacy, and, in turn, the merging of it and the Union into one, the United States of America, the greatest country in the world. Twenty-three thousand lives were lost that day while fighting in that vicious battle. This is why the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest military day in U.S.A. history, was a crucial battle in the Civil War and might have paved the way for the Union’s victory of it.
The Battle of Antietam was battled on September 17, 1862. Union armed force led by General George B. McClellan battled against the Confederate Army led by General Robert E. Lee. The fight was battled along the Antietam Creek close Sharpsburg, Maryland. The union armed force lost more than twelve thousand men, while the confederate armed force lost around ten thousand men. General Robert E. Lee barely got away thrashing this fight and the absence of men cause him and his armed force to withdraw back to Virginia.
Now the Union army had one major advantage, which you can also see throughout the whole war, and that is the sheer numbers the Union had and could produce compared to the Confederacy. In the Battle of Antietam, the Union army consisted of 65,000 men, where as the Confederacy only consisted of 40,000. One huge advantage that the Union had in this before the battle is originally General Robert E. Lee planned on fighting somewhere else, but Confederate curries lose the opord for the attack which Union cavalry found bringing it back to General McClellan giving him a massive advantage. Another advantage the Union army has in this battle is the battle occurred in Maryland, which is Union territory giving them the better advantage of using the terrain to their advantage.
Throughout the the war there were many battles such as Antietam and Bullrun. But of all the battles, The Battle of Gettysburg is of the most remembered. The reason is because it was the battle that Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address. The Battle of Gettysburg was the deadliest battle in the war and Abraham Lincoln had to encourage his soldiers to continue fighting after this war. In the past as a political figure, Lincoln was not shy of speaking out. He had written
The Battle of Antietam, or The Battle of Sharpsburg as the South would call it, took place on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. This was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. The American Civil War was beginning its second year of combat. As the Confederate States of America came close to winning the war, independence was well on its way. At first the result of the battle was controversial, as it could not be determined who won the battle and which army made the most progress towards achieving their strategic goals. The passage of time revealed that, tactically, Antietam was a draw, but that the South lost from a strategic perspective. It was one of the major turning points in the American Civil War. This was due to President Abraham Lincoln using the Union “victory” as political impetus to issue his Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. As a direct result of the Battle of Antietam, the Civil War became more about abolition than the reunification of the states, and made a peaceful reconciliation between the two combatants almost impossible. The ultimate defeat of the Confederacy occurred at the Battle of Antietam, although no one knew it at the time.
No other war seems to hold our focus like the Civil War. Scholars have chosen to make it their life's work, authors have written reams about it, and we all feel some kind of connection to the Civil War. This paper was created to highlight some of the major battles that took place during that conflict. Major battles usually marked a drastic change in the momentum from one side to the other or led to massive losses of troops. These battles and their results all played a huge part in the outcome of the war.
For this reason he chose a narrative rather than a thematic format, integrating political and military events to emphasize complex patterns of cause and effect. Thus, he emphasizes that the failure of the Army of the Potomac to reach Richmond during the Seven Days’ Battle in the spring of 1862 changed Union policy from the limited goal of restoring the Union into one of total war to destroy the Old South and consequently gave rise to the Copperhead faction of antiwar Democrats in the North. Antietam was a major turning point not only because Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia was driven back across the Potomac, but also because it ended Confederate hopes for European recognition and military assistance, and gave Lincoln the military victory he had been waiting for as a backdrop for his Emancipation Proclamation.
South and had cost the Union dearly. Later, Antietam had given the Union a small victory and prompted President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation announcing all slaves in the Confederate territory still in rebellion were freed. Unfortunately for the North, this was soon followed by another Confederate victory at the battle of Fredericksburg. So, why did the South eventually lose? When the question is asked that way, it somewhat implies that the South lost the war all by itself and that it really could have won it. One answer is that the North won it. The South lost because the North outmanned and outclassed it at almost every point, militarily.