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On This Day: American Civil War: George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac halts the first... (1862)

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On September 17, 1862: American Civil War: George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac halts the first invasion of the North by Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.

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