Antietam 1862

Antietam America's bloodiest day!

What it looks like today, what it looked like back in 1862. Imagine what it was like.  Click on the link and check it out.

 http://www.npr.org/2012/09/17/161167847/re-tracing-the-steps-of-a-civil-war-photographer

Listen to the story- http://www.npr.org/2012/09/17/161248814/antietam-a-savage-day-in-american-history  

Questions from class 10-2-2014

How many total fought in the battle?
How many from the North?
How many from the South?
Total Estimated Casualties?

How many from the Union were:
Killed?
Wounded?
Missing and or Captured?
Total for the Union?

How many from the Confederate were:
Killed?
Wounded?
Missing and or Captured?
Total for the Confederate?
What changed this battle?
Bonus challenge-

Write a paper about why we study history?  Why do we study specific time period?  How does it help us today to study the past?  How do you feel about the civil war?

Bloodiest Day

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=battle+of+antietam&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002 

How was the fighting in the Civil War different than today?  Movie Clips

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=battle+of+antietam&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002

Pictures of Antietam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSILLYhYdTY