You are now near Sharpsburg, Maryland and it is September, 1862.  By now, the war is going very badly for the Union in the East.  President Lincoln has replaced Gen. Irvin McDowell with Gen. George McClellan, who launched an ambitious plan to capture Richmond by fighting up the James Peninsula, but moved too slowly to be effective.  Now the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia has launched an invasion of the North and is seeking to surround Washington D.C.  THE OUTCOME OF THIS BATTLE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE WAR!

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