This week marked 150 years since Antietam. This battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War, with over 6,000 Union and Confederate dead and thousands more injured and wounded. Just a few days later, on September 22, 1862, Lincoln released the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. He did not issue the final Emancipation Proclamation until January 1, 1863. The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation will be on display in New York City this weekend at the Schomberg Center. (http://go.usa.gov/reJA) Did any of your ancestors fight at Antietam? Image: Lincoln and his generals after Antietam, 1862 (ARC 527118).
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This week marked 150 years since Antietam. This battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War, with over 6,000 Union and Confederate dead and thousands more injured and wounded.

Just a few days later, on September 22, 1862, Lincoln released the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. He did not issue the final Emancipation Proclamation until January 1, 1863.

The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation will be on display in New York City this weekend at the Schomberg Center. (http://go.usa.gov/reJA)

Did any of your ancestors fight at Antietam?

Image: Lincoln and his generals after Antietam, 1862 (ARC 527118).

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