In his 1929 work The Battle of Antietam, fought , was the bloodiest single day of conflict in American military history Ultimately, with the Confederates dug in along the Potomac, Meade decided against an attack, giving Lee's forces time to cross the river back into Virginia (and earning Lincoln's ire) Widely viewed as a key turning point in the war, the battle wouldTHE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR3 day battleDEADLIEST BATTLE OF THE WARconf=leeunion=meadeUnion could have ended the war but Meade refused to push the south further back>2 more years of warUNION VICTORYThe Battle of Gettysburg A battle fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, resulting in the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and often described as the war's turning point
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