Facts You Didn’t Know About Antietam | America’s Bloodiest Day

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The Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland in September 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American military history, with over 22,000 casualties in less than 24 hours of combat between Union and Confederate forces; this pivotal battle shocked America and changed the course of the Civil War forever, while also providing Union troops with critical intelligence when they discovered Confederate battle plans accidentally wrapped around cigars in a field before the fighting began.