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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.
In the Battle of Antietam, General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North ended on this battlefield in 1862. [5] 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]
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 ...
To the east of Annapolis, on the north shore of the Severn River, west of Whitehall Creek at Whitehall Bay and south of US Route 50 lies the St. Margaret's area, including the communities between Ridout, Burley, Minnow and Mill Creeks as well as along St. Margarets Road, Maryland Route 179.
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
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 ...
Sharpsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland. [ 2 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.