Word: antietam
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MCCLELLAN to Antietam...
PERIL An organizer but not a fighter. Sidelined after his Peninsula debacle, he got a second chance at Antietam. He fought to a draw there despite knowing Lee's plans...
PERIL Taking over after Antietam, he led the Union into one of the greatest slaughters of the war, losing 13,353 men outside Fredericksburg...
...Lincoln also needed a Union victory. The war was not going well, and people were losing patience. With a major battle about to begin in September 1862, he was still hesitant about going public with his plan. But after General George McClellan defeated Robert E. Lee at Antietam, Lincoln declared that as of Jan. 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebel states would be "forever free." And the final Emancipation Proclamation called for the enlistment of black troops...
...Afghan campaign was one of the most brilliant and economical in military history. Nonetheless, one battle, Tora Bora, was a failure, probably allowing Osama bin Laden to slip away. Is this the stuff of apologies? Did Lincoln apologize for his army's letting Lee get away at Antietam...