Battle of Antietam

**Antietam** is the third mission in the Confederate side of the game *The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided.*

## Walkthrough

As the mission begins, you find out the Yanks have crossed the bridge.
You are tasked with defending the cannons.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Hold the position on the barricade.

Once control is given to the user, move to the barricade in front of you.
Stand at the barricade and kill all of the blue coats that appear. After
a few minutes, you will be given a new objective.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Secure the area near the farm.

Leave the barricade and proceed through the trees towards a burning wagon.
Turn right and head through the trees past a river to receive some orders
to protect the cannons from advancing enemy.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Eliminate the enemy soldiers heading to the cannons.
- Secure the area near the farm.

Continue past the kneeling soldier to a downed tree with barrels under it.
Take position and eliminate the enemies inside the small camp. Make your
way through the camp until reaching the turned over and destroyed wagon.
Turn left and head towards that large tent. Walk around behind the tent
to find a secret area with some grenades. Soldiers will continuously
come from over the hill beyond the fence. Just take cover and shoot them
as they appear. Eventually, the objective will complete.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Secure the area near the farm.

Continue forward towards the gates at the end of the road and turn right
to march through the woods. Proceed through the woods until coming to a
crop clearing with some farm houses. Eliminate the soldiers and proceed
behind the barricade that was to your right when entering the clearing.
The objective will complete and another soldier will present you with a
new objective.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Eliminate all enemy forces near the cannons.

From the barricade, find the wounded soldier. Look in the direction
he is facing and head toward the wooden fencing amongst the buildings.
When reaching the fencing, turn right to find another secret area with
some ammo and a med-kit.

Proceed back to the barricade and then head to the right of the wagon
where you entered the area at. There previously was a burning tree that
has now been cleared.

You will come across another small encampment with soldiers. Kill them
all to advance the war effort. At the end of the tents, the dirt path
forks behind you. So, turn to the right and follow the path. There
will be two soldiers waiting for you, but just kill them and continue
down the path to a downed tree. At the base of the tree is the missions
hidden document.

Return down the dirt path and continue down the other direction toward
the objective. Keep going up the hill toward the objective eliminating
all opposition until reaching a clearing with a tower and cannon blasts
going off. Kill the few soldiers and head towards the tower to complete
the objective and receive a new one.

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
- Use the cannon to stop the enemy on the bridge

Run down to the row of cannons and press the A Button to use one.

Remember, this isn't some magic bullet weapon. This is a cannon. With
that said, you need to compensate for the weight of the cannon ball by
targeting higher for the location you wish to hit. So, to hit the top
of the bridge, you would need to aim about two inches above where you
want the cannonball to explode.

Continue to bombard the troops on the bridge and eventually the game
will fade to black with the completion of Antietam.