Battle of Antietam (1862)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Antietam_(1862)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_of_Sharpsburg
gptkbp:casualties about 22,717
gptkbp:casualtiesUnion about 12,401
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
George B. McClellan
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Antietam National Battlefield
gptkbp:Confederate_commander gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
George B. McClellan
gptkbp:Confederate_strength about 38,000
gptkbp:ConfederateCasualties about 10,316
gptkbp:date September 17, 1862
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Antietam (1862)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Antietam_Creek
gptkb:Sharpsburg,_Maryland
gptkbp:notable_campaign gptkb:Maryland_Campaign
gptkbp:notableFor bloodiest single-day battle in American history
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:The_Cornfield
gptkb:Bloody_Lane
gptkb:Burnside's_Bridge
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Maryland_Campaign
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkbp:result Inconclusive
Strategic Union victory
gptkbp:significance Led to the Emancipation Proclamation
gptkbp:Union_strength about 87,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Washington_County,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7