The 1862 battle at Antietam put an end to A) the military career of Stonewall Jackson. B) the Confederate threat to the Union capital. C) the Civil War’s early string of Union victories. D) the Union threat to the Confederate capital.
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Answer:The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It pitted Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia against Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and was the culmination of Lee’s attempt to invade the north. The battle’s outcome would be vital to shaping America’s future, and it remains the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history.
there was a lot at stake for the Battle of Antietam. By mid-summer 1862, President Abraham Lincoln had the Emancipation Proclamation—a document declaring freedom for all slaves in the so-called rebellious states—ready to go.
But after several unexpected and demoralizing Union losses, including Major General John Pope’s sound defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run, it became clear the Confederacy wasn’t going to be easy to crush. Lincoln’s cabinet feared releasing the Emancipation Proclamation at that time would seem desperate and be difficult to enforce, so Lincoln decided to wait until another decisive Union victory.
To further complicate matters, Republicans faced midterm elections in November of 1862, and their victory wasn’t in the bag. Frustrated with Lincoln’s policies and the course of the war, Democrats launched an anti-war campaign, hoping to take over the U.S. House of Representatives.
Explanation:
(B)the Confederate threat to the Union capital.
- In the American civil war, the battle of Antietam was one of the most important events. It was fought on 17 September 1862 and it was the bloodiest ayr reported in American history.
- About 23000 men were killed, wounded captured, or missing in 12 hours.
- It ended the confederate invasion of Maryland and resulted in a union victory.
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