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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3735325" data-attributes="member: 1246">Sept. 17, 1862&nbsp;Beginning early on the morning of this day in 1862, Confederate and Union troops in the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history" target="_blank">Civil War</a> clash near Maryland’s Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single day in American military history.The <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-antietam" target="_blank">Battle of Antietam</a> marked the culmination of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the Northern states. Guiding his Army of Northern <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/virginia" target="_blank">Virginia</a> across the Potomac River in early September 1862, the great general daringly divided his men, sending half of them, under the command of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, to capture the Union garrison at Harper’s Ferry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3735325, member: 1246"] Sept. 17, 1862 Beginning early on the morning of this day in 1862, Confederate and Union troops in the [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history'][U]Civil War[/U][/URL] clash near Maryland’s Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single day in American military history. The [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-antietam'][U]Battle of Antietam[/U][/URL] marked the culmination of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the Northern states. Guiding his Army of Northern [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/virginia'][U]Virginia[/U][/URL] across the Potomac River in early September 1862, the great general daringly divided his men, sending half of them, under the command of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, to capture the Union garrison at Harper’s Ferry. [/QUOTE]

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