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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]
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 ...
Antietam National Battlefield visitor center renovation provides renewed and deeper look at Sept. 17, 1862, conflict and what led to it.
The Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862 yielded over 23,000 casualties including dead, wounded, or soldiers missing in action, giving it the title of the single bloodiest day in American history.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Battle of Antietam" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of ...
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 ...
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 ...