Date/ Location: September 17, 1862
*Battle: Battle at Antietam
*Outcome: Stalemate - Confederate Army retreated – Lincoln called it a Union win
*Importance: Set the stage for President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
* Interesting Fact - Antietam was the first battle to use an ambulance corps to care for injured troops.
*Battle: Battle at Antietam
*Outcome: Stalemate - Confederate Army retreated – Lincoln called it a Union win
*Importance: Set the stage for President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
* Interesting Fact - Antietam was the first battle to use an ambulance corps to care for injured troops.