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North America 1862: Battle of Antietam

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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 17 Sep 1862 (American Civil War: Battle of Antietam), showing the following events: French repulsed at Puebla; British Honduras formed; Seven Days Battles; Northern Virginia Campaign; Dakota War; Battle of Antietam.

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A m e r i c a

C a n a d a(Br.)

R u p e r t ' s L a n d(Br./HBC)

Confederate States

The
Bahamas(Br.)

Newfoundland(Br.)

Leeward Islands(Br.)

Windward
Islands(Br.)

French occupied
Mexico

British
Columbia(Br.)

Br. Honduras(Br.)

Nova Scotia(Br.)

British
Guiana(Br.)

Puerto
Rico(Sp.)

Colorado
Terr.(US terr.)

Nebraska Terr.(US terr.)

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Terr.(US terr.)

Dakota
Territory(US terr.)

Mosquito
Reserve(semi-indep)

Lakota
Sioux,
Cheyenne

Kiowa,
Comanche

Iron Confederacy

Great
Basin
peoples

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Territory(US terr.)

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New Mexico
Territory(US terr.)

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Domingo(Sp.)

Clipperton(Fr. claim)

St P. & M.(Fr.)

5 May 1862Cinco de Mayo:
Mexicans defeat French
offensive at Puebla

12 May 1862Belize settlement
becomes Colony
of Br. Honduras

25 Jun–1 Jul 1862Lee defeats Union’s
Peninsula Campaign
in Seven Days Battles

19 Jul–1 Sep 1862Lee advances through
northern Virginia

Aug–Dec 1862Dakota War:
US crushes Sioux
uprising in
Minnesota

17 Sep 1862Lee’s invasion of
Maryland ended at
Battle of Antietam

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Battle of Antietam

20 Dec 1860 Secession of South Carolina 8 Feb 1861 Confederate States of America 12 Apr 1861 Attack on Fort Sumter 21 Jul 1861 First Battle of Bull Run 17 Dec 1861 Fight for Kentucky 7 Apr 1862 Battle of Shiloh 1 May 1862 Capture of New Orleans 17 Sep 1862 Battle of Antietam 22 Mar 1863 French Intervention in Mexico 4 Jul 1863 Vicksburg and Gettysburg 20 Nov 1863 Dominican Restoration War 12 Jun 1864 Second Mexican Empire 21 Dec 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea 9 Apr 1865 Surrender of Army of Northern Virginia

Having established naval supremacy, Union forces landed on the Virginia peninsula and advanced on Richmond, only to be smashed by Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the Seven Days Battles. Lee followed up his victory with an invasion of Maryland, but was brought to a halt at the Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. Antietam ended the threat to Washington and gave US President Abraham Lincoln confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, officially ending slavery in the Confederacy.

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Main Events

5 May 1862 French repulsed at Puebla ▲

The Mexican Army defeated the French offensive on Puebla in an action later celebrated as Cinco de Mayo. in wikipedia

12 May 1862 British Honduras formed ▲

The British Settlement of Belize in the Bay of Honduras became the Colony of British Honduras. in wikipedia

25 Jun–1 Jul 1862 Seven Days Battles ▲

Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee defeated George McClellan’s Union Army of the Potomac near Richmond, Virginia, forcing it to retreat back down the Virginia Peninsula. in wikipedia

19 Jul–1 Sep 1862 Northern Virginia Campaign ▲

Confederates under Robert E. Lee moved north toward Washington D.C., defeating John Pope’s Union forces in northern Virginia. in wikipedia

17 Aug–26 Dec 1862 Dakota War ▲

The United States crushed an eastern Sioux/Dakota uprising in southwest Minnesota. in wikipedia

17 Sep 1862 Battle of Antietam ▲

Following his victory at the Seven Days Battles, Confederate General Robert E. Lee sought to bring the war to the Union itself and provoke an uprising in the pro-slavery but loyalist states of Maryland and Kentucky. However, Lee was not welcomed by Marylanders, and Union forces under George McClellan attacked his army near Sharpsburg, Maryland, leading to heavy casualties on both sides and momentarily scuttling Lee’s ambitions to invade the north. in wikipedia

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