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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.
Antietam National Cemetery, which adjoins the park, covers 11.36 acres (4.60 ha) and contains more than 4,976 interments (1,836 unidentified). [9] The cemetery was commissioned in 1865, and interments began in 1867, following an arduous process of identifying the remains, which was only successful in about 40% of the cases. [10]
Sharpsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland.The town is approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of Hagerstown.Its population was 560 at the 2020 census. During the American Civil War, the Battle of Antietam, referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg by the South, was fought on what is now Antietam National Battlefield, in the vicinity of Antietam Creek.
U.S. Marines invaded Washington County for a public training event that brought modern — for 1924 — battle tactics to Antietam battlefield. 100 years ago, Sharpsburg was invaded again — by ...
Sharpsburg is the name of some places in the United States of America: . Sharpsburg, Georgia; Sharpsburg, Illinois; Sharpsburg, Iowa; Sharpsburg, Kentucky; Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Battle of Antietam, often called the "Battle of Sharpsburg" in the southern United States
Battle of Antietam order of battle: Union This article includes an American Civil War orders of battle-related list of lists . If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Charge of the 51st New York Infantry and 51st Pennsylvania Infantry regiments across Burnside's Bridge, by Edwin Forbes.. Crossing over Antietam Creek, the bridge played a key role in the September 1862 Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War when around 500 Confederate soldiers from Georgia under General Robert Toombs and Henry Benning, [3] for several hours held off repeated ...
A Sharpsburg-area man received an active 35-year sentence Friday in Washington County Circuit Court for three instances in which he rammed his truck into an occupied vehicle.