1862 - 1862
Yaƙin Antietam
Yakin Antietam, ko yakin Sharpsburg musamman a Kudancin Amurka, yakin basasar Amurka ne da aka gwabza a ranar 17 ga Satumba, 1862, tsakanin Sojoji na Confederate Janar Robert E. Lee na Arewacin Virginia da Union Gen. George B. Sojojin McClellan na Potomac kusa da Sharpsburg, Maryland, da Antietam Creek.Wani ɓangare na Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Maryland, shine matakin farko na runduna sojan gona a fagen wasan kwaikwayo na Gabas na Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka wanda zai gudana a ƙasan Tarayyar.Ya kasance rana mafi yawan jini a tarihin Amurka, tare da jimlar 22,727 da suka mutu, suka ji rauni, ko suka ɓace.Duk da cewa sojojin kungiyar sun sha wahala fiye da na Confederates, yakin ya kasance babban sauyi ga kungiyar.Bayan ya bi sahun Janar Robert E. Lee zuwa Maryland, Manjo Janar George B. McClellan na Sojan Tarayyar ya kaddamar da hare-hare kan sojojin Lee wadanda ke cikin wuraren kariya a bayan Antietam Creek.Da wayewar gari ranar 17 ga Satumba, gawarwakin Manjo Janar Joseph Hooker ta kai hari mai karfi a gefen hagu na Lee.Hare-hare da hare-hare sun mamaye fadin Miller's Cornfield, kuma fada ya mamaye Cocin Dunker.Hare-haren da kungiyar ta kai kan Titin Sunken daga karshe ya ratsa cibiyar Confederate, amma fa'idar Tarayyar ba ta biyo baya ba.Da yammacin ranar, gawawwakin kungiyar Manjo Janar Ambrose Burnside sun shiga aikin, inda suka kama wata gada ta dutse a kan Antietam Creek tare da ci gaba da adawa da Confederate dama.A wani lokaci mai mahimmanci, ƙungiyar Maj. Gen. AP Hill's Division sun zo daga Harpers Ferry kuma suka kaddamar da wani abin mamaki, suna mayar da Burnside tare da kawo karshen yakin.Ko da yake ya fi biyu-da-daya, Lee ya yi dukan ƙarfinsa, yayin da McClellan ya aika a cikin kasa da kashi uku cikin hudu na sojojinsa, wanda ya ba da damar Lee ya yi yaki da Tarayyar Turai.A cikin dare, sojojin biyu sun daidaita layinsu.Duk da raunin da aka samu, Lee ya ci gaba da gwabzawa da McClellan a ko'ina cikin Satumba 18, yayin da ya kawar da sojojin da aka kashe a kudancin kogin Potomac.McClellan ya yi nasarar mayar da mamayar Lee baya, wanda ya sa yakin ya zama nasara ta Tarayyar Turai, amma Shugaba Abraham Lincoln, bai ji dadin tsarin McClellan ba game da taka tsantsan da gazawarsa wajen bin Lee mai ja da baya, ya baiwa McClellan umarnin a watan Nuwamba.Ta fuskar dabara, yakin bai kai ga cimma ruwa ba;Sojojin Tarayyar sun yi nasarar dakile mamayewar Confederate amma sun sha wahala sosai kuma sun kasa cin nasara kan sojojin Lee kai tsaye.Duk da haka, ya kasance wani muhimmin juzu'i a cikin yakin da ke goyon bayan kungiyar saboda babban bangare ga manufofin siyasa: sakamakon yakin ya ba Lincoln amincewar siyasa don ba da sanarwar Emancipation, yana bayyana duk waɗanda aka rike a matsayin bayi a cikin yankunan abokan gaba.Wannan ya sa gwamnatocin Burtaniya da na Faransa kwarin gwiwa sosai daga amincewa da Confederacy, saboda babu wani iko da ya so ya ba da bayyanar da tallafawa bauta.