BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 17 SEP 1862

The Battle of Antietam is the bloodiest day of the Civil War, with nearly 24,000 casualties. Although the result is inconclusive, it is a strategic victory for the Union and encouraged by this, President Lincoln announces his Emancipation Proclamation.

The Emancipation Proclamation declared that over 3.5 millions enslaved African Americans in Confederate states were free