The very first invasion of the North took place September 17, 1862, and finally ended on September 19, 1862. General Robert E. Lee started in the state of Maryland and hope to invade all the way to Pennsylvania. The Union Army attacked the Confederates first on the left flank. The war between both were non-stop! The fighting were so intense and brutal leaving twenty-three-thousand soldiers severely wounded and dead. The very next morning the Confederates retreated back to Virginia. The Union claimed this to be their victory, and Abraham Lincoln used this victory to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. This document is said to entitle freedom to slaves in the South. Even though we lost we gained
