Maryland History
Battle of Antietam: Scavenger Hunt
Name_________________________
Date _______________ Pd._______
1. Casualty Does Not Equal Dead
Casualties include three categories:
a. ______________________
b. ______________________
c. ______________________
d. In general terms, casualties of Civil War battles included _____% dead and _____%
wounded. Of the soldiers who were wounded, about _____ out of seven died from
his wounds. Over 2/3 of the 622,000 men who gave their lives in the Civil War died
from _______________, not from battle.
2. Antietam Casualties
Union
Approximate Numbers
Confederate
Total
Killed
Wounded
Missing/Captured
Total
Note: Because of the catastrophic nature of the Battle of Antietam, exact numbers of casualties
were virtually impossible to compile. The sources for these figures are The Official Records of the
War of the Rebellion and the Antietam Battlefield Board.
3.
Phases:
Morning Phase
Approximate:
Engaged:
Casualties
Mid-Day Phase
Engaged
Casualties
Afternoon
Phase
Engaged
Casualties
Union:
Confederate:
Total:
4. For the Colors – Flags at Antietam
a. Every unit that marched onto the fields of battle across America was led by at least
one flag that was purposely positioned in the ____________________ of the
regiment. The flags were the _________________ and most __________________
on the field. Through the smoke and terror of battle they acted as a ___________, a
________________, and a ____________________. Many of the flags were sewn
by the ____________________ in the home towns who sent their men off to war.
b. In addition to the symbolic value, a unit’s flag also served important
_____________________________on a battlefield. One of the most important
functions was to _____________________________________________________.
5. Six Generals Killed at Antietam
a. Six Brigadier and _______________________ were killed or mortally wounded
during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. Of the six fallen men,
__________ were from the Union army and ____________were Confederates. The
spot where each of the following six generals were killed is marked by a
"_________________________," a cannon tube, muzzle down in a block of stone.
b. Describe the life, service, and death of one Union and one Confederate General.
i. Union
ii. Confederate
6. Did you Know?
a. Over _________ cannons participated in the Battle of Antietam, firing over
________________ rounds of ammunition. The cannonade was so severe that
Confederate artillery commander Colonel S.D. Lee described the battle as
"________________________."
b. The ______________________________ is the only monument at Antietam
dedicated to __________________. Marylanders fought for both the Union and
the Confederacy. 20,000 people attended the dedication on
_________________. President _________________________, a veteran
of the Battle of Antietam, was the keynote speaker.
c. The First _______________ Infantry lost ____% of their men killed, wounded
and missing while fighting in the ______________at Antietam, the highest
__________ rate for any ____________ regiment in one battle of the Civil War.
d. The 15th _______________________ Infantry went into the Battle of Antietam
with ______ soldiers. _______were killed or wounded, the highest number for
any Union regiment in the battle. Their monument features a wounded
___________ carved in granite.
e. Henry Kyd __________________the youngest staff officer for Gen. Thomas
"__________________" Jackson was a native of the ________________
area. His family home was just ______miles west of the Battlefield. His uniform
and personal library are part of the Battlefield collection.
f.
William McKinley served at Antietam as a _____________________ in the
23rd ________________ Infantry before becoming the nation’s 25th President.
A __________________ to him at Antietam was dedicated in his memory on
October 13, 1903, two years after he was _________________.
7. Clara Barton at Antietam
a. Born in the ______________________________ town of North Oxford on Christmas
Day, 1821, Clarissa Harlowe Barton was the baby of the family.
b. When she was young, Clara‘s father regaled her with his stories of soldiering against
the _________________. Her brothers and cousins taught her horseback riding and
other boyish hobbies. Although she was a diligent and serious student, Clara
preferred outdoor frolics to the indoor pastimes "suitable" for young ladies of that
time.
c. With the outbreak of war and the cascade of ________________ Union soldiers into
Washington, Miss Barton quickly recognized the unpreparedness of the Army
_________________________. For nearly a year, she lobbied the Army
bureaucracy in vain to bring her own medical supplies to the battlefields. Finally, with
the help of sympathetic U.S. Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, Miss Barton
was permitted to bring her supplies to the battlefield. Her self-appointed military
duties brought her to some of the ugliest battlefields of 1862—
______________________, Va., ____________________, Va., ___________, Md.,
and _____________________, Va.
d. She helped with the effort to identify 13,000 __________________ Union dead at the
horrific prisoner-of-war camp at ____________________, Ga. This experience
launched her on a nationwide campaign to identify soldiers missing during the Civil
War. She published lists of names in ____________________ and exchanged letters
with veterans and soldiers' families. The search for missing soldiers and years of toil
during the Civil War physically debilitated Miss Barton. Her doctors recommended a
restful trip to Europe.
e. Although still ailing, another crisis jolted Miss Barton into action. The outbreak of war in
1870 between France and Prussia (part of modern day _________________) brought
hardship to many French civilians. Miss Barton joined the relief effort, and in the
process, was impressed with a new organization—the ___________________.
Created in 1864, the Red Cross was chartered to provide
_____________________________________________________________________.
f.
Finally, by 1881 at age 60, she persuaded the government to recognize the Red Cross
to provide for ________________________.
g. Never married, Miss Barton was wedded to her convictions. She died in _______ at
age 90 in her Glen Echo home. She is buried less than a mile from her birthplace in a
family plot in Oxford, Mass. There is a _______________ to Clara Barton at Antietam
on the _________________ of the Battlefield.
8. Artillery at Antietam
a. Describe the following:
Cannon Crew
Cannon Crew
Diagram
Shot
Shell
Spherical Case
Canister