<P> The Battle of Antietam / ænˈtiːtəm / , also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg , particularly in the Southern United States , was fought on September 17 , 1862 , between Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan 's Army of the Potomac , near Sharpsburg , Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign . It was the first field army -- level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil and is the bloodiest single - day battle in American history , with a combined tally of 22,717 dead , wounded , or missing . </P>
<P> The Battle of Antietam / ænˈtiːtəm / , also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg , particularly in the Southern United States , was fought on September 17 , 1862 , between Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan 's Army of the Potomac , near Sharpsburg , Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign . It was the first field army -- level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil and is the bloodiest single - day battle in American history , with a combined tally of 22,717 dead , wounded , or missing . </P>
when and where did the battle of antietam take place
when and where did the battle of antietam take place
September 17 , 1862 , between Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan 's Army of the Potomac , near Sharpsburg , Maryland and Antietam Creek
September 17 , 1862 , between Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan 's Army of the Potomac , near Sharpsburg , Maryland and Antietam Creek