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The Battle of Antietam: The Bloodiest Day of Battle
The Battle of Antietam The Bloodiest Day of Battle Author:Larry Hama By fall 1862 President Abraham Lincoln desperately needed a significant Union victory to show Europe that the issue of slavery was at the heart of the War Between the States. The brutal battle at Antietam Creek gave Lincoln what he needed, and days after its conclusion he issued his Emancipation Proclamation.