Hagerstown / Shepherdstown / Washington / DC / Frederick / Washington / /
Country
United States / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
Burnside’s Bridge / Middle Bridge / /
NaturalFeature
Shenandoah Valley / Potomac River / South Mountain / James River / Antietam Creek / /
Organization
Federal Army / Union army / Army / Dunker Church / McClellan’s army / /
Person
James Longstreet / George B. McClellan / Confederate Marylanders / Ambrose E. Burnside / Jackson / John B. Hood / Robert E. Lee / Lincoln / Jacob D. Cox / Edwin V. Sumner / Joseph Hooker / /
Position
President / corps and division commander / Union corps commander / General / Harper / Federal field commander / /
Product
Franklin / /
ProvinceOrState
Kentucky / West Virginia / Minnesota / Virginia / Maryland / Indiana / Bataan / Missouri / Tennessee / Pennsylvania / Mississippi / Georgia / /
Region
western Virginia / southwestern Minnesota / Northern Virginia / Western Maryland / eastern Kentucky / central Kentucky / northern Mississippi / southern Missouri / West Virginia / /
THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN AND THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM Strategic Context Prospects for winning the Civil War seemed bleak for the United States in the late summer and early autumn of[removed]Everywhere advancing Confederate armi