Activity # 1:
Infantry Tactics of the Civil War Video
Activity # 2:
Missouri in the Civil War
Activity # 3:
Battle of Antietam Summary
Location: Washington County, Maryland
Date(s): September 17, 1862
Commanders: Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan [United States] versus Gen. Robert E. Lee
[Confederate States]
Estimated Casualties (died, injured, or captured): 22,700 total
In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved his army into
Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incredible stroke of
luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been wrapped around three cigars) was discovered by
Union soldiers and given to Union general George B. McClellan. Knowing Lee’s plan, on
September 17, 1862, McClellan’s army attacked Lee’s army at Antietam Creek in Maryland.
The Battle of Antietam (also called the Battle of Sharpsburg) was the bloodiest single day in
American history. Lee lost 10,300 men to death, injury, or capture while McClellan lost 12,400.
However, having limited reinforcements and supplies, Lee was forced to retreat, and the North
declared the battle a Union victory. Even though the Union won, it did not continue to chase
and fight Lee’s army. Since Lee and his army got away, the war did not end here; more battles
were to come.
Antietam Videos
Activity # 4:
Ed Puzzle - Antietam Video
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