Maryland Campaign

Ne zaman

4 Eyl 1862 – 20 Eyl 1862

Tür

Askeri harekât

Koordinatlar

39.00° N, 76.70° W

Description

also known as the Antietam Campaign, an American Civil War invasion

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1862 invasion of Northern United States

The Maryland campaign occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War. The campaign was Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the Union. It was repulsed by the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, who moved to intercept Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia and eventually attacked it near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

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