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

黎明才刚起，马里兰州的夏普斯堡地区的山丘上却充满隆隆的枪炮声，因为内战期间，联邦军队和南方军队为了占领一处玉米田磨坊而互相攻击着。战争持续了三个小时，双方人马互有进退。在9月17日这一天，因为战争死亡的人数是美国历史上最惨烈的一天。

到了早上，李将军率领的南方联盟军队以道路两旁的隆起作掩护，匍匐前进想要接近联邦军队。南方军队对着前进的联邦军队开火，但是联邦军队的乔治．麦克雷伦 (George B. McClellan) 将军却享有战略上的优势─－有一个侦察兵事先取得了南方军队的作战 布署图。


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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