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George McClellan was the general for the Union. General McClellan believed to keep the union together and that there should not be slavery in the world. Also he believed that the union should stick with the President. He was a very important part in the Battle of Antietam because he found Confederate General Lee’s plan to divide the forces. This helped the Union get the win. Also McClellan got General Lee in trouble with president Lincoln. In 1842 he entered the United States Military Academy. He graduated second in a class of 59 in 1846. Also on April 23, 1861 Ohio governor William Dennison appointed McClellan major general of Ohio Volunteers

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Soldiers ready to fight in the Battle of Antietam

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Yes, they clashed in Maryland for the battle of Antietam. The battle took place across Antietam Creek which is in the state of Maryland.

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Soldiers from Maryland that fought in Antietam

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Soldiers from Maryland that fought in Antietam

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87,000 soldiers in total for the union and 45,000 soldiers in total for the confederates. There were 60,000 soldiers from Maryland that fought in the Battle of Antietam. The confederates were from Northern Virginia and the union was from potomac but Maryland was on both sides so they had used a lot of soliders.

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Maryland involvement in the battle of Antietam

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Maryland involvement in the battle of Antietam

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Maryland was very involved in the war. I know this because the war took place in the state of Maryland. So the state had to deal with all the damages done after the war and all the citizens that they lost in the war that were fighting.

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The battle of Antietam taking place on the Antietam Creek

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The Battle of Antietam took place in Antietam, Maryland near the Antietam Creek. General Lee (confederate) was trying to gain control/ victories since he had lost the battle before. The battle of Antietam was a Union Victory.The importance of the battle was the turning point for Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation. In the war there were 12,401 union casualties. 2180 killed, 9,540 wounded, and 753 missing/captured. There were 10,316 Confederate casualties. There were 1,546 killed, 7,752 wounded, 1,018 captured/missing.

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Picture of Maryland's governor Thomas Holliday Hicks

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Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks served as the governor from 1798 through 1865 which was during the Civil War. Hicks represented the split nature of Maryland politics in the antebellum period. He was no abolitionist and supported the slave-holding status quo.

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Was Maryland affected in the battle of Antietam

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Was Maryland affected in the battle of Antietam

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The state of Maryland was very affected in the war. They had to deal with all of the damage done in the state. Dead people, dead animals, land ruined and so much more.

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Picture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee

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General Robert E. Lee was a general for the Confederates. Lee was the one to take the first shot. He positions his soldier to have a good angle to fight McClellan. Lee opts to make one last stand in the hopes of salvaging his Maryland Campaign. Robert E. Lee entered military and 2nd in the class in 1829. He served seventeen years as an officer in the Corps of Engineers From 1852 to 1855, Lee served as superintendent of West Point.

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Battle of Fort Stevens taking place in Maryland

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Fort Stevens took place on July 11th 1864. Fort Stevens was a union victory. There were 874 total casualties. 374 union casualties and 500 Confederate casualties. The union was led by Horatio G. Wright. The confederates were led by Gen. Jubal A. Early. Fort Stevens was important in the Civil War because it helped for the defense in Oregon and Washington Territory at or near the mouth of the Columbia River.On July 11, Early's skirmishers tested the fortifications that encircled the city, manned by clerks and convalescent troops. During the night, veteran Union reinforcements from the Army of the Potomac disembarked from troop transports to bolster the city's defenses. On July 12, Early made a demonstration against Fort Stevens north of the city which was repulsed. In the afternoon, a Federal counterattack drove the Confederate skirmishers back from their positions and nearby Fort DeRussy.

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The battle South Mountain took place on September 14th 1862. This battle was a union victory. The union lead by general George B. McClellan and the Confederate leader being Robert E. Lee. There were 5,010 casualties all together. There were 2,325 union casualties and 2,685 confederate casualties. South Mountain was one reason for Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Early on September 14, Union Gen. Jacob D. Cox's Kanawha Division of the Union IX Corps launched an attack against Samuel Garland’s brigade at Fox’s Gap. Cox’s 3,000 Ohioans overran Garland’s North Carolinians, driving the Southerners from behind a stone wall and mortally wounding Garland. However, by nightfall, Confederate soldiers still held the western edge of Fox’s gap.

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Soldiers from Maryland (both confederate and union) in a battle 

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Maryland was one of very few states that had both confederates and union citizens during the Civil War. The main supply offered by the state of MAryland was soldiers. They had soldiers for every group that needed soldiers. This shows that if a side needed extra help in a battle, they could find soldiers in Maryland. Besides this, Maryland did not offer any supplies in the Civil War.