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sep 17, 1862 - Battle at Antietam

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In Antietam, Maryland, the Union gains a victory in an otherwise bleak year for the Union forces. This battle set a record for casualties and the bloodiest day of the war. This battle causes Lincoln to change the goal of the war from preserving the Union to freeing enslaved people in the Confederacy.

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Date:

sep 17, 1862
Now
~ 162 years ago