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| September 17, 1856 | Whig Convention, meeting in Baltimore, selects the same candidate for President as the American Party, Millard Fillmore | |
| September 17, 1862 | Battle of Sharpsburg (Confederate)
Battle of Antietam (Union) Army of the Potomac under McClellan [US] defeats the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee [CS], resulting in the bloodiest day in American history. Union losses:12,401 men 2,108 dead 9,540 wounded 753 missing Confederate losses:10, 406 1,546 dead 7,752 wounded 1,108 missing |
Maryland |
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| George Meade | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Antietam | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| September 17, 1863 | Forward echelons of Longstreet's Corps begins arriving in Northwest Georgia. | Georgia |
| Battle of Chickamauga | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| September 17, 1864 | John C. Fremont withdraws from the race for President | |
| John C. Fremont | ||
| September 17, 2003 | Ohio votes to ratify the 14th Amendment | Ohio |
| 14th Amendment |
Ongoing on this day:
| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| September 14, 1862 September 17, 1862 |
Battle of Munfordville
After being initially repulsed by a federal garrison of 4,000, Braxton Bragg [CS] laid a brief seige. Federals surrendered on the 17th. |
Kentucky |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| Simon Bolivar Buckner | ||
| Battle of Munfordville | ||
| September 12, 1861 September 20, 1861 |
Battle of Lexington
Sterling Price, with 18,000 men, lays siege to Lexington, Missouri, with a federal force of 3.600 under Colonel James Mulligan. After fighting intensified on September 19, Mulligan surrendered on the 20th. |
Missouri |
| Sterling Price |
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