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Established as Antietam National Battlefield Site August 30, 1890, [6] the park was transferred from the War Department on August 10, 1933, [7] and redesignated November 10, 1978. [6] Along with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15 ...
The Battle of Antietam (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm / an-TEE-təm), also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.
Miller's Cornfield (usually referred to as 'the Cornfield') is a section of the Antietam battlefield of the American Civil War. It is remembered as the site of some of the most savage fighting of the Battle of Antietam, which itself was the bloodiest single-day action of the Civil War. The Union and Confederates fought in the cornfield, many ...
The Battle of Antietam: Battle Maps, histories, photos, and preservation news (Civil War Trust) Battle of Antietam Animated Map (Civil War Trust) Antietam National Battlefield Park; Antietam on the Web; Atlas of the battlefield of Antietam (Library of Congress). Animated history of the Battle of Antietam; Official Reports from Antietam
The Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history. According to statistics provided on the park's website, 22,720 Union and Confederate soldiers were ...
Antietam Creek (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm /) is a 41.7-mile-long (67.1 km) [1] tributary of the Potomac River located in south central Pennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, a region known as the Hagerstown Valley. The creek became famous as a focal point of the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War.
For two historians who have started a podcast dedicated to the Battle of Antietam, the battle is a bottomless well of historical treasures. More than 150 years after the battle, these podcasters ...
The Antietam map shows 5,800 graves, including the names of 45 deceased soldiers (although it does include some minor errors). [4] The increased detail for the latter map may be a result of the fact that, although the Battle of Antietam took place a year before Gettysburg, its dead were not interred in a permanent cemetery until 1864, after the ...