🔁The Battle of Antietam was a turning point in the Civil War.
💀It was the bloodiest single-day battle in US history, resulting in thousands of casualties.
✍️The Union victory at Antietam led to President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
✊The Emancipation Proclamation shifted the focus of the war towards ending slavery.
👥The proclamation allowed for the recruitment of black soldiers into the Union Army.