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Clues:
 * Home to the bloodiest one day battle in American History
 * 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862.
 * President Abraham Lincoln visited this site two weeks after the battle and spent four days visiting General George McClellan, touring the battlefield and visiting the wounded of both sides.
 * The battle at this location ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Questions: 1. What is the name of this National Battlefield? 2. What state is it located in?

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