Question

Which best states why the Battle of Antietam was considered a turning point in the Civil War?

Answer 1

The Army of the Potomac, under the command of George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee’s forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. The morning assault and vicious Confederate counterattacks swept back and forth through Miller’s Cornfield and the West Woods. Later, towards the center of the battlefield, Union assaults against the Sunken Road pierced the Confederate center after a terrible struggle. Late in the day, the third and final major assault by the Union army pushed over a bullet-strewn stone bridge at Antietam Creek. Just as the Federal forces began to collapse the Confederate right, the timely arrival of A.P. Hill’s division from Harpers Ferry helped to drive the Army of the Potomac back once more. The bloodiest single day in American military history ended in a draw, but the Confederate retreat gave Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.

Answer 2

La batalla de Antietam fue el primer gran enfrentamiento en la guerra de los Estados Unidos. La batalla tuvo lugar el 17 de septiembre de 1862, cerca de Sharpsburg, en el condado de Washington, Maryland, Estados Unidos, y en los alrededores del riachuelo Antietam. La batalla formó parte de la Campaña de Maryland y se trata de la sangría de la historia de los Estados Unidos que se ha librado en un solo día, con casi 23 000 bajas.