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Maryland Campaign

September 2 through 20, 1862

Union Strategic Victory

Special Order No. 191

Finding of Lee's Lost Order

Harper's Ferry

September 14, 1862

South Mountain

September 14, 1862

Antietam

September 17, 1862

Shepherdstown

September 19, 1862

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Forces Engaged: 103,234

Killed: 1,890

Wounded: 9,770

Captured or Missing: 2,304

Total Casualties: 13,964

Gen. and Mrs. George McClellan

Forces Engaged: 55,000

Killed: 2629

Wounded: 11,583

Captured or Missing: 991

Total Casualties: 15,203

Bailey, Ronald H. The Bloodiest Day The Battle of Antietam. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1984.

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 17- 21

Foote, Shelby. The Civil War A Narrative Fort Sumter to Perryville. Vol I. New York: Vintage Books, 1986. p685-700

Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Volume II Part II.

          New York: Century Club, 1884-1887. National Historical Society, 2005

Gottfried, Bradley M. The Maps of Antietam. New York: Savas Beatie, 2012.

McPherson, James M. Antietam The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War. Oxford: Oxford University, 2002.

Palfrey, F. W. The Antietam and Fredericksburg. New York: Charles Scribner's, 2009.p 1-135

Sears, Stephen W. Landscape Turned Red The Battle of Antietam. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983.

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

----------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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