Which major civil war battle is being described below? this was the bloodiest one-day battle of the civil war, with twenty-two thousand men losing their lives. general lee was able to resist the union army's attacks five times and kept the union from reaching a decisive victory when he and his troops slipped away during a break in the fighting. battle of shiloh battle of vicksburg battle of antietam battle of gettysburg?

The correct answer is the Battle of Antietam.

The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War. Roughly 22,000 were killed. However, this battle gave the Union a victory in terms of strategic location. This "victory" gave Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation stated that slaves "in all rebellious states" (meaning the Confederacy). This did not sit well with the Confederates and practically all the states ignored it since they considered themselves part of another country anyways.