During this battle, Joseph Mansfield was killed leading an advance on a whitewashed building belonging to a local sect of German Baptists, Dunker Church.
During this battle, Joseph Mansfield was killed leading an advance on a whitewashed building belonging to a local sect of German Baptists, Dunker Church. B. W. Mitchell discovered, in a piece of paper wrapped around three cigars, the battle plans for one side's forces. This battle gave Abraham Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. For 10 points, name this Maryland Civil War battle of 1862, the bloodiest single day battle in American history.
During this battle, Joseph Mansfield was killed leading an advance on a whitewashed building belonging to a local sect of German Baptists, Dunker Church.
Battle of Antietam [or Battle of Sharpsburg]