The Battle of Antietam
A Presentation by Rob Lee and Cory
Jolley
Location
 The Battle of Antietam
was fought on
September 17, 1862
near Shaprsburg
Maryland and Antietam
Creek.
Casualties
 The bloodiest single
day battle in American
history with 23,000
casualties
2,108 killed
1,546 killed
9,540 wounded
7,752 wounded
753 captured/missing
1,018 captured/missing
Who Won?
 The Battle of Antietam
is a tactically
inconclusive victory for
both sides, they both
suffered high losses
while the Confederacy
loses less troops, the
Union gains significant
strategic ground in
Maryland.
Significance
 The battle of Antietam
was the first significant
battle of the Civil War to
take place on Northern
Soil.
 It was after this battle
that the Emancipation
Proclamation was
issued by President
Lincoln.