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Middletown's Gen. Mansfield Dies At War Sept 19th 1862
At The civil War Battle Antietam
Antietam, the deadliest one-day battle in American military history, showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater. It also gave President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation at a moment of strength rather than desperation.
Middletown's Gen. Mansfield Died at this battle. His home is still on 151 Main St and is now the Middlesex Historical Socisety!!!
