Historical Overview
The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, remains the bloodiest single day in American history and a pivotal turning point of the Civil War. General Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the North was halted near Sharpsburg by George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac in a series of brutal assaults on Miller Cornfield, Sunke Road (Bloody Lane), and Burnside’s Bridge. While tactically a draw, the Confederate retreat gave President Abraham Lincoln the strategic victory needed to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation. This shifted the war's focus toward the abolition of slavery and effectively deterred foreign powers from intervening on behalf of the Confederacy.
The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history.
Union Army
• MC Clellan
• Take 7 command cards.
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Confederate Army
• R. E. Lee
• Take 9 command cards.
• You move first.
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Victory
13 Flags
Special Rules
• Antietam Creek passable only at ford & Bridges.
• Sunken Road Fence: - 2 Die.
• Miller Cornfield: Battles In & Out -1 Die.
• Farms: Homestead Rules.
• Sharpsburg: Town Rules.