Video: Oct. 1862 (at 1:01:15)

(Monday, October 6, 1862, during the American Civil War) — A notice in the New York Times today announced that an exhibition of photographs of the Battle of Antietam taken by Mathew Brady (titled “The Dead Of Antietam”) were being displayed at the National Gallery, corner of Broadway and Tenth-street.

This was the first time that many Americans saw the realities of war in photographs as distinct from previous “artists’ impressions.”

Video: Oct. 3, 1862 (at 58:39)

(Friday, October 3, 1862, during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln reviewed his troops today at the Antietam battlefield in Maryland to assess the situation following the bloodiest battle in American history. Lincoln met with Gen. George McClellan and also posed for a half-dozen pictures by Alexander Gardner.

Video: Sept. 21, 1862 (at 1:00:02)

(Sunday, September 21, 1862, during the American Civil War) — Margaret Lea Houston, former First Lady of the Republic of Texas, wrote to her eldest son, Sam Jr., today, notifying him of the deaths of ten of his friends and school mates.

Video: Sept. 18, 1862 (at 56:42)

(Thursday, September 18, 1862, part of the Maryland Campaign during the American Civil War) — On the day after the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest battle day in U.S. history, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s army prepared to defend against a Federal assault that never came.

After an improvised truce for both sides to recover and exchange their wounded, Lee’s forces began withdrawing across the Potomac in the evening to return to Virginia.

Video: Sept. 17, 1862 (part three at 52:20)

(Wednesday, September 17, 1862, 12:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., local time, part of the Maryland Campaign during the American Civil War) — The third of three battles in the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest battle day in U.S. history (located near Maryland’s Antietam Creek at Sharpsburg), began this afternoon as Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside attacked Gen. James Longstreet’s troops across a stone bridge that came to bear Burnside’s name. Continue reading Confederate, Union soldiers clash in final part of bloodiest one-day battle in American history 150 years ago this hour (1862) →

Video: Sept. 17, 1862 (second part at 49:00)

(Wednesday, September 17, 1862, 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. local time, part of the Maryland Campaign during the American Civil War) — The second of three battles in the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest battle day in U.S. history (located near Maryland’s Antietam Creek at Sharpsburg), began this morning as Union troops under Gen. Edwin Sumner inflicted devastating casualties on the Confederates along a sunken road that became known as “Bloody Lane.”

This fighting alone left about 5,600 casualties (killed/wounded/captured/missing) out of 22,717 for the entire day.

Video: Sept. 16, 1862 (at 43:40)

(Tuesday, September 16, 1862, during the American Civil War) — On the eve of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, Union Capt. Edward Hastings Ripley wrote about conditions near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Video: Sept. 15, 1862 (at 42:35)

(Monday, September 15, 1862, during Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate General Robert E. Lee started to deploy his available forces today behind Antietam Creek, along a low ridge near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Video: Sept. 3, 1862 (at 40:20)

(Wednesday, September 3, 1862, during the American Civil War) — Just two days after the Battle of Chantilly, Confederate General Robert E. Lee wrote to President Jefferson Davis today that he had decided to cross into Maryland unless the president objected. Lee also began shifting his army north and west from Chantilly towards Leesburg, Virginia.

Video: Sept. 2, 1862 (at 35:18)

(Tuesday, September 2, 1862, during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restored Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan to full command today following the defeat of General John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run.