Civil.War.Battles.Of.The.North

Battle of Gettysburg



Gettysburg, the most famous, and probably most important battle of the Civil War, was fought July 1st to the 3rd.

On Wednesday July 1st two divisions of Confederates headed to Gettysburg. They ran into Federal cavalry west of the town at Willoughby Run and that's when the battle began. Things quickly escalated. Robert E. Lee led more than 25,000 men to the scene. The Union had less than 20,000.

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Battle of Antietam



After the surrender of Haper's Ferry, Robert E. Lee felt he was in a dangerous position because general Franklin entered Pleasant Valley that morning and had threatened the severance of his army. Lee gathered his forces and withdrew his troops from South Mountain and took position in the Antietam valley.

Considered to be the bloodiest war in American History. At the end of the battle 2108 Union soldiers were confirmed dead, and 10,293 missing. When the battle was finished, almost twice as many men had died in one single day day at Sharpsburg then in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, Spanish-American War combined.

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