Antietam: Military Accounts of the Bloodiest Battle in American History

The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, marked a pivotal moment in the American Civil War as the first major conflict on Union soil and the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history, resulting in 23,000 casualties. This audiobook provides detailed firsthand accounts from soldiers on both the Union and Confederate sides, exploring the battle's logistics and its significance in halting Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North. The combat was fiercely contested, yielding no definitive victory but enabling Abraham Lincoln to claim a strategic win before announcing the Emancipation Proclamation.