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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]
Antietam National Battlefield visitor center renovation provides renewed and deeper look at Sept. 17, 1862, conflict and what led to it.
Antietam National Battlefield. October 15, 1966 ... Southeast of Big Pool near the junction of Maryland Routes 44 ... Western Maryland Railroad Right-of-Way, Milepost ...
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 ...
Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., August 12. Camp near Fort Albany, defenses of Washington, until September 7. March to Rockville, Md. Maryland Campaign September 7–24. Battle of Antietam September 16–17. Burying dead September 18. March to Pleasant Valley, Md., September 19–20. At Maryland Heights until October 30.
Banasik studied at Shepherd University, just a 10-minute drive from Antietam. His proximity and his love of Civil War history sparked Banasik's interest in Antietam.
The Civil War Battlefield Guide. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998. ISBN 0-395-74012-6. McPherson, James M. Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, The Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-19-513521-0. Sears, Stephen W. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam. Boston: Houghton ...