Why was the Battle of Antietam considered critical? 1. Antietam represented the only major Southern victory.
2. Antietam was one of two battles fought south of Georgia.
3. Antietam was Lee's first attempt to gain ground in the North.
4. Antietam was the battle that forced the South to surrender.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.