Question

What was the overall result of the Battle of Antietam?

a. it was a Union Victory

b. it was a Confederate victory

c. it was technically a draw

d. the British decided to come to the aid of the Confederates

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Union Claims Victory. 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.