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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 139. Chapters: 1862 in Australia, 1862 in Canada, 1862 in China, 1862 in Colombia, 1862 in England, 1862 in France, 1862 in India, 1862 in Ireland, 1862 in Italy, 1862 in Japan, 1862 in Mexico, 1862 in New Zealand, 1862 in Norway, 1862 in Scotland, 1862 in South Africa, 1862 in Turkey, 1862 in Vietnam, 1862 in international relations, 1862 in the United Kingdom, 1862 in the United States, Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Puebla, Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862, Battle of Hampton Roads, Dakota War of 1862, Militia Act of 1862, Battle of Roanoke Island, Battle of New Bern, Cochinchina Campaign, Battle of Harpers Ferry, French intervention in Mexico, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Dix-Hill Cartel, Battle of Elizabeth City, Battle of Iuka, Battle of Cedar Mountain, Battle of Fort Macon, Battle of Lucas Bend, Great Locomotive Chase, General Order No. 11, Battle of Valverde, 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada, Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Chief Placido, List of sovereign states in 1862, Battle of Moore's Mill, Battle of Chantilly, Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, Colombian Civil War, List of state leaders in 1862, Standard Bank, Rurales, Felthouse v Bindley, Battle of Whitney's Lane, Pacific Railway Acts, Battle of Old Fort Wayne, Skirmish at Island Mound, Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, Battle of the Cumberland Gap, Anti-Coolie Act, Namamugi Incident, Capture of Vinh Long, 22nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1862 International Exhibition, Battle of Galveston Harbor, English cricket team in Australia in 1861-62, Battle of Cockpit Point, Battle of Shepherdstown, Nueces massacre, Battle of James Island, London 1862 chess tournament, Hartley Colliery Disaster, 1862 in Wales, First Battle of Rappahannock Station, Battle of Roan's Tan Yard, Milroy v Lord, Manassas Station Operations, Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act, Concert Saloon Bill of 1862, First Japanese Embassy to Europe, Barnum's Aquarial Gardens, Battle of Fort Fizzle, Battle of Cixi, 19th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, Battle of South Mills, Winchburgh rail crash, Treaty of Saigon, Battle of Tranter's Creek, Revenue Act of 1862, Blood and Iron, Battle of Compton's Ferry, Sandyford murder case, Battle of Clark's Mill, Treaty of Shkodër, 1862 English cricket season, Battle of Aspromonte, Buffalo riot of 1862, Battle of San Pablo del Monte, List of colonial governors in 1862. Excerpt: The Battle of Antietam ( ; also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South), fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties. After pursuing Confederate General Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Union Army Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's cornfield and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and a...