description: By fall 1862 President Abraham Lincoln desperately needed a significant Union victory to show Europe that the issue of slavery was at the heart of the War Between the States. The brutal battle at Antietam Creek gave Lincoln what he needed, and days after its conclusion he issued his Emancipation Proclamation.
language: English
title: The Battle of Antietam
titlecomplete: The Battle of Antietam (Graphic Battles of the Civil War)
genres: Graphic Novels, History
ratings_count: 20
series: Osprey Graphic History
publisher: Rosen Central