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The Maryland Campaign, or the Antietam Campaign is widely considered one of the major turning points of the American Civil War. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North was repulsed by Maj. Gen. George B...

Timeline of Events

1862

9.4.1862

Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.

9.5.1862

American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.

9.14.1862

American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.