Essay On The Battle Of Antietam

Of all of the battles in the American Civil War, none other amounted to the sheer casualties in the one day that was the Battle of Antietam. With a slew of mistakes by both Generals, the terrain was disadvantageous to both sides, the Union didn’t take advantage of the surplus of troops, General Lee’s battle plans were spread, and many other battlefield errors, this was the bloodiest single day in American history. The topics that are going to be covered are: A overview of the battle in general; The situation of both the Union and the Confederacy during the battle; The mission of both the Union and the Confederacy; how the battle was executed for both the Union and the Confederacy; some decision points that the generals of both parties that affected the outcome of the battle; whether or not the battle went as planned and what changed in the actual battle; How the generals adapted; how I would have approached and fought the battle as a general; what we can learn from this battle.
The battle of Antietam in the American civil war had casualties on both sides measuring up to more than 22,000 missing, wounded, or dead. On that individual day, September 17, 1862, more American blood was shed than on any other single day ever. The generals for this infamous battle were General Robert Edward Lee for the Confederate army and General George McClellan for the …show more content…
There was 23000 Americans killed, wounded, or missing that day; Just one day. With the large amount of mistakes made by the generals of both sides, primarily by General McClellan, the body count just added up with each mistake. This first push into the north by General Lee’s army was a failure. This drastically killed the momentum created by the past few wins by the Confederacy. Et al this battle was the bloodiest day in human history and we should never fight and kill our own on the massive scale that this battle