USA HISTORY

The Antietam was a ____ victory. The confederate troops ____

(A) Confederacy

(B) ** Union

(C) ** Lost

(D) Won

Concept note-1: -Military historians consider the Battle of Antietam a stalemate. Even so, the Union claimed victory. And keeping Confederates in their southern box enabled President Lincoln to finally release his Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.

Concept note-2: -Most importantly, Union victory at Antietam provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, making the Battle of Antietam one of the key turning points of the American Civil War.

Concept note-3: -The Battle of Antietam was a Union victory. The Union lost approximately 12, 400 men to the Confederate’s 10, 700, but the Union had driven the Confederates from the field and ended the Confederate invasion. The battle was Ohioan George McClellan’s greatest success during the American Civil War.

Concept note-4: -Numbers involved in the Battle of Antietam: The Federal Army comprised 87, 164 troops with 275 guns. The Confederate Army comprised 41, 000 troops with 194 guns. Arms and equipment at the Battle of Antietam: Both sides suffered from significant difficulties in conducting land warfare in the 1860s.