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在安提耶坦之戰中，橫臥在黑格斯通路上的南方聯盟士兵屍體
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安提耶坦之戰 (Battle
of Antietam) ：1862年9月17日
仗著龐大人數的優勢，聯邦軍隊衝破了南方聯盟的防線。聯邦軍隊的子彈如雨般落在南方聯盟的士兵身上，而因為這場猛烈的攻擊悲劇，這條稱作森肯路 (Sunken
Road) 的道路也變成「血腥道路」 (Bloody
Lane) 。
在「石牆」傑克森將軍的砲火掩護下，南方聯盟軍隊朝夏普斯堡撤退，而聯邦軍隊在同一時間內也開始撤退。不久後，南方聯盟的援軍及時趕到，化解了由安布魯斯‧伯恩賽得 (Ambrose
Burnside) 率領之聯邦軍隊的第二波進攻。
當夜晚來臨時，南方聯盟已經佔領了夏普斯堡地區，但是戰爭的勝利卻是屬於聯邦政府的。在這場戰役中，超過2萬3千人死亡、受傷，或者是在行動中失去蹤影。隔天，李將軍開始沿著波多馬克河 (Potomac
River) 撤退。李將軍是打算重新招募新兵，並且留在聯邦政府的馬裡蘭蓄奴州、進行補給，但他的計畫卻失敗了。隔年，李將軍率領軍隊再次進攻聯邦政府的領土，也掀起了1863年賓州的蓋茨堡之戰 (Battle
of Gettysburg) 的序幕。
An overwhelming number of Northerners broke through the Confederates' line. Union bullets rained down the lane onto Confederate soldiers, and the former Sunken Road came to be known as Bloody Lane because of the tragic death toll suffered there.
Covered by cannon fire from General Stonewall Jackson's artillery, the Southerners retreated toward Sharpsburg, while the Union troops fell back. New Southern troops arrived in time to repel a second Union attack led by General Ambrose Burnside.
By nightfall, the Confederates occupied the town of Sharpsburg, but the battle was a Union victory. More than 23,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing in action. The next day, Lee began his retreat across the Potomac River. Lee's plan to find new recruits and supplies in Maryland, a slave-holding state that remained in the Union, had failed. The next year he would launch another assault into Union territory, which came to a head at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
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