Talk:Battle of Antietam
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More work needs to be doen: Sharpsburg should link to maryland, and a map should be added. more info on what happened before, and what the battle meant for Lee's campaign. Any civil war buffs around? TeunSpaans 06:46 Dec 20, 2002 (UTC)
yeah..... this needs some serious reworking (does the writer know how to properly use commas?)...
In the first paragraph, it said "20000 soldiers were killed or wounded" or something like that. I changed it, because it's too ambiguous. Was it 19999 wounded and one killed, or one wounded and 19999 killed, or somewhere in between? Does anyone have any solid facts about this? I could not find any quickly, so if someone has the time to find this out (if possible) then please do so. — Braaropolis | Talk 05:22, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
slight victory
Yeah, is he slightly dead, or all dead. Because slightly dead is partly alive. All dead all you can do is check the pockets for change. Heh, lemme guess north won but lost a lot of guys. Outcome of slight victory is very vague. Sounds like the north won, but whoever wrote it didn't like that much.
Date
According to this site (http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/md003.htm), the battle was from Sept. 16-18, not just Sept. 17. --[[User:Brian0918|brian0918 talk]] 22:33, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
September 16 skirmish
The fighting on September 16th between Meade's First Corps and Hood's division is often neglected. I added a short paragraph describing the basic action, which had the significance of tipping McClellan's intentions to Lee. The main fighting was of course on the 17th, with some light skirmishing again on the 18th.
Scott Mingus
