Steven Cowie opens When Hell Came to Sharpsburg by describing the Battle of Antietam (Sept. 19, 1862), with its over 23,000 men killed, wounded, or captured, with distinctive attention given to the ...

Sanders was unusually well filled last evening to hear Colonel Allan's lecture on the Battle of Antietam. The outline of what he said is briefly as follows: On September 2nd, 1862, Lee was within ...

Antietam NB protects and interprets a key battle during the US Civil War. The park gives visitors the opportunity to explore an autoroute, hiking trails through the battlefield, and a large ...

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — The Shippensburg Area Civil War Roundtable will hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 18. According to a community announcement, the event will take place at 7 p.m. at Christ ...

Four days after the questionable Union victory at the Battle of Antietam -- a blood bath -- Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all the slaves in the “rebellious states.” ...

On September 17, 1862, during what became known as the Battle of Antietam, Union troops needed to cross Antietam Creek to flank the Confederate Army. Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside had orders to ...

Beckwith and this regiment went to war in September 1862 and for the next three years participated in nearly all of the major engagements in the Eastern Theater, among them Antietam, Fredericksburg, ...