安提耶坦之戰 (Battle of Antietam) ：1862年9月17日

黎明才剛起，馬里蘭州的夏普斯堡地區的山丘上卻充滿隆隆的槍砲聲，因為內戰期間，聯邦軍隊和南方軍隊為了佔領一處玉米田磨坊而互相攻擊著。戰爭持續了三個小時，雙方人馬互有進退。在9月17日這一天，因為戰爭死亡的人數是美國歷史上最慘烈的一天。

到了早上，李將軍率領的南方聯盟軍隊以道路兩旁的隆起作掩護，匍匐前進想要接近聯邦軍隊。南方軍隊對著前進的聯邦軍隊開火，但是聯邦軍隊的喬治‧麥克雷倫 (George B. McClellan) 將軍卻享有戰略上的優勢─—有一個偵察兵事先取得了南方軍隊的作戰 佈署圖。


At dawn, the hills of Sharpsburg, Maryland, thundered with artillery and musket fire as the Northern and Southern armies struggled for possession of the Miller farm cornfield during the Civil War. For three hours, the battle lines swept back and forth across the land. More lives would be lost on September 17, 1862, than on any other day in the nation's history.

By mid-morning, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate troops were crouched behind the high banks of a country lane. They fired upon advancing Union troops, but the Union General, George B. McClellan, held a strategic advantage--a scout had discovered a copy of the Confederate army's battle plan.

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