The bloodiest day in American history. The battle of Antietam had a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing, the largest single day losses of the war and fifth highest casualty battle of the war. With a win, it turned the Union war effort around and led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and ended any hopes the Confederacy had of France and Britain taking their side in the war.
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