Antietam+Outcome

__The Outcome of Antietam__ There was no official winner of the Battle of Antietam. Although the Union (North) declared victory. Their supposed victory led President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclimation which gave more people in the North reason to fight. There were many battles to come after this bloody battle before the Civil War was over. But, to this day Antietam is declared the bloodiest day in American history.

3,650 people were killed in the Battle of Antietam including both Union and Confederate soldiers. 17,300 were wounded, 1,770 were MIA, with a grand total of 22,720 deaths, injuries, and MIA's.

The number 3,650 compared to the 2,189 deaths of 911 is pretty big. Which goes to show that a lot of people died on September 17, 1862 during the Battle of Antietam.

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