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BATTLEFIELD
MONUMENT
DUNKER CHURCH
MUSEUM
CEMETERY
DATE September 17, 1862 LOCATION Washington County,
near Sharpsburg, Maryland RESULT tactically inconclusive; strategic and decisive Union victory NAME OF BATTLEFIELD The Battle of Antietam , also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg UNION CONFEDERATE COMMANDERS George B. McClellan Robert E. Lee UNITS INVOLVED Army of the Potomac Army of Northern Virginia STRENGTH 7587,000 38,000 “engaged” CAUSALITIES & LOSSES 12,410
(2,108 killed;
9,549 wounded;
753 captured/missing)
10-13,000 (estimated)
ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD MAP
ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD
MARYLAND