Sept. 17, 1862, saw the bloodiest day in American military history, a battle whose political impact outweighed even the strategic outcome. Federals and Rebels pounded each other through the Cornfield, across the Sunken Road, and over Burnside’s Bridge. The narrow Union victory gave President Lincoln the opportunity to issue his Emancipation Proclamation. 

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