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Connecticut at the Battle of Antietam
“Awful carnage” was the Hartford Courant’s description of the Battle of Antietam, fought between Union and Confederate forces — led by Gens. George McClellan and Robert E. Lee, respectively — in Sharpsburg, Md., on Sept. 17, 1862. Named after a nearby creek, Antietam was, and remains, the bloodiest day in American history with an estimated 22,000 casualties over the nearly 12-hour clash. Four Connecticut regiments — the 8th, 11th, 14th, and 1…
During the American Civil War, a rebel army invades the north in the fall of 1862. The battle takes place on the Antietam River. President Lincoln uses the bloodiest day in U.S. history for a decree that fundamentally changes the character of the conflict.
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