Battle of Antietam - civil war

Mr. Green HT-SD Civil War

Why did Robert E. Lee “raid” the North?

wanted to move the focus of fighting away from the South and into Federal territory.

Special Order #191

provided the Union Army with valuable information concerning the Army of Northern Virginia's movements and campaign plans

Battle of Harpers Ferry (who won and by how much)

Jackson captured over 12,700 Union troops

Colonel Benjamin Davis (Grimes)

He had a heavy southern accent but was for the union he quit his artillery in one area and so as he's leaving he finds confederate wagons and convinces them he's there escort and brings them to McClellon capturing all 17 wagons

Dixon Miles

He surrenders and as he does that he gets shot and killed by artillery

Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson

He went down south and take herpes ferry and he did in two days then he got to sharpsburg and his men faced hookers men in miller's cornfield (I hope herpes ferry did as much damage to hookers men and hookers women did!)

Battle of South Mountain (extra credit)

McClellan met Gen. Robert E. Lee's divided army at the Battle of South Mountain. While Union forces were able to gain control of the mountain, they could not stop Lee from regrouping and setting the stage for the Battle of Antietam three days later. Union Victory.

Dunker Church

In miller's cornfield it was the german baptists and it was white so used as a compass it was afterwards used as a hospital the dunkers were anti war anti slavery no music or windows

Miller’s Cornfield

It was the location of the first phase of the battle it has dunkers hill and was a cornfield It was like a giant free for all in the foggy corn field and hooker was injured and mansfield was shot and killed Sumner had three divisions Geroge Greene Israel Pichardson and William french… Isreal Pichardson and William french went the wrong way

Joe Hooker

He was injured in phase one of Antietam got rid of the hot air balloon

Clara Barton

Came on the north part of the battlefield and was first nurse permitted on the battlefield

“Bloody Lane”

Bloody lane had a pre-built trench in between corn fields and pasture,

Thomas Meagher

He commanded the irish and bloody lane was one of their first bloody battles not all were irish but the non irish were “honorably irish”

John B. Gordon

Georgia politician after the war, But at sunken road he was shot 5 times once he was taken out of the battlefield it lead to confusion confederate

J.N. Lightfoot

He gave the wrong order and took a bad situation and made it worse causing men to retread out of the road making it bloody lane.

Robert Toombs

who knows… who cares… not your notes.

A.P. Hill

The hill died on her sophomore year

A.P. Hill

Confederate He always wore a red and white checkered shirt moved his men 17 miles in 7 hours some men didn't make it because it was a hot day

Ambrose Burnside

Indiana was born there he was well loved and had a gun named after him

Burnside Bridge

The third phase but the bridge was nearly impossible
 to pass

Bloodiest Day in American History

Antietam