With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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The battle along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, proved to be the bloodiest single day of the entire war. Casualties on both sides numbered more than 26,000. Although not a clear Union victory, the fact that General Lee had been forced to lead his army back to Virginia constituted a reversal of fortune for the North. President Lincoln had been waiting for a strong showing by the Union troops before issuing his preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation, which he did five days later.
The battle along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, proved to be the bloodiest single day of the entire war. Casualties on both sides numbered more than 26,000. Although not a clear Union victory, the fact that General Lee had been forced to lead his army back to Virginia constituted a reversal of fortune for the North. President Lincoln had been waiting for a strong showing by the Union troops before issuing his preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation, which he did five days later.