The Battle of Antietam in September 1862
A) was a strategic victory for the South because General Grant called off his invasion of Richmond.
B) encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
C) encouraged Great Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy as an independent nation.
D) was General Ambrose Burnside's most famous victory
E) revealed Robert E. Lee's genius in staging a battle.
B
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