When: September 17, 1862
Where: Sharpsburg, Maryland
Significance: Bloodiest one-day battle in American History; Emancipation Proclamation occured after
Outcome: North won because South's invasion failed
Confederacy's Goal: move North, obtain supplies, cut railroad links to Washington D.C., maybe even get support from Britain and France
Union's Goal: keep land and defend
Confederacy's Generals: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet
Union's Generals: Ambrose Burnside, James Hooker
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