17 September 1862 · North America
Battle of Antietam
In September 1862, along Antietam Creek in Maryland, the Army of the Potomac under McClellan met Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia on its first raid into Union territory. The single day of fighting is among the bloodiest of the Civil War.
Commanders
- Robert E. Lee · General
- Date
- 17 September 1862
- Place
- Washington County · United States
- Region
- North America