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Fought in Sharpsburg, Maryland, at Antietam Creek, the Battle of Antietam or the Battle of Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history with 22,717 soldiers killed, wounded, or missing after 14 hours of fighting.…

After the fall of Petersburg, the city of Richmond immediately fell in to Union hands. General Robert E. Lee headed south hoping to connect with General Joseph E. Johnston and continue the fight. Upon reaching Appomattox Court House in southern…

The Battle of Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1861, started as a rather typical amphibious crossing of the Potomac River by the Union Army into Virginia to attack the Confederates. Unfortunately, the Union soldiers had to traverse the river in several…