Antietam deluxe

In this two player card game, one player represents the U.S. Army of the Potomac, making decisions as General McClellan for the Union. The other player makes decisions for the Confederate States of America (CSA) as General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. The Battle of Antietam was one of the most important events of the American Civil War. In the early morning of September 17, 1862, Union Major General George McClellan had received battle plans thought to have originated from Confederate General Robert E. Lee. With these plans, McClellan set out to trap Lee near Sharpsburg, Maryland, a small town 32 miles away from Washington D.C. The battle took place near Sharpsburg, but was referred to as Antietam by the Union. Antietam was the name of a creek, where much of the fighting happened. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with nearly 23,000 casualties (men listed as killed, wounded, captured or missing) in roughly 12 hours. Recreate this battle as historical events happen and you relive history, or rewrite it!