As the Battle of Antietam began to unfold, General Lee repulsed the Union assault on his lines by throwing three quarters of his army to Stonewall Jackson's front lines. And, the Union attack was uncoordinated. Jackson was thus able to neutralize three Union corps.
At the break of dawn on September 17, 1862, Major General Joseph Hooker and his 1st Corps makes an assault on the Confederates in the area known as the West Woods. Three brigades of Hooker's Corps led the way. The Battle of Antietam had begun.
Major General George B. McClellan was commanding the Federal Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Antietam.
Antietam
Lincoln was disappointed that General George B. McClellan had allowed Confederate general Lee to escape after the Battle of Antietam. The result of Lincoln's disappointment was the replacement of McClellan by General Burnside.
General Robert E. Lee
George B. McClellan
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate army at the Battle of Antietam, known in the south as the Battle of Sharpsburg.
The commander of the Confederate army at Antietam was General Robert E. Lee.
The Battle of Antietam.
Major General George B. McClellan.
George McClellan (Union)
The Confederate Army was commanded by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam.