The battle of Antietam in the American civil war had casualties on both sides measuring up to more than 22,000 missing, wounded, or dead. On that individual day, September 17, 1862, more American blood was shed than on any other single day ever. The generals for this infamous battle were General Robert Edward Lee for the Confederate army and General George McClellan for the …show more content…
There was 23000 Americans killed, wounded, or missing that day; Just one day. With the large amount of mistakes made by the generals of both sides, primarily by General McClellan, the body count just added up with each mistake. This first push into the north by General Lee’s army was a failure. This drastically killed the momentum created by the past few wins by the Confederacy. Et al this battle was the bloodiest day in human history and we should never fight and kill our own on the massive scale that this battle