Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army defiantly awaited another attack from George B. McClellan’s Federals after the Battle of Antietam.

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Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army defiantly awaited another attack from George B. McClellan’s Federals after the Battle of Antietam.
The bloodiest day in American history occurred as the armies of Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan fought to a standoff near Sharpsburg, Maryland, along Antietam Creek.
As part of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army fought at South Mountain, another portion led by Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson forced the largest Federal surrender of the war.
A portion of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army defended key mountain passes in Maryland against George B. McClellan’s Federal Army.
Three Confederate forces converged on the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.
September 9, 1862 – The Confederates resumed their advance as panic began spreading through southern Pennsylvania. General Robert E. Lee was ready to move his