The Battle of Antietam Union Losses - 12,410
Confederate Losses - 10,700 On September 4, 1862
General Robert E. Lee crossed the Potomac into Maryland
with 40,000 picked troops. He was confident of victory.
The outcome would surprise everyone. Due to the lost
orders of General Lee, the Union Army was aware of his
plans. Word got back to Lee and he knew he had to move
quickly. On September 16 General George B. McClellan
confronted Lee's army of northern Virginia at Sharpsburg,
Maryland. At dawn on September 17 General Hooker's
Corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. The
confederate army was still greatly outnumbered. This began
the single bloodiest day in American military history. Attacks
and counterattacks swept across Millers cornfield and
fighting swirled around Dunker Church. The Union assaults
against the sunken road (later known as Bloody Lane)
eventually pierced through the Confederate center. The
Federal advantage was not followed up. Later in......
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