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.” ...

She was so moved by the experience that she joined a fife and drum corps and began participating in battle reenactments. Then, in 1989, during a re-creation of a military hospital at the Antietam ...

Haunted by his experiences in the Civil War, where he served in the Confederate army during the Battle of Antietam and was later held as a prisoner of war, James chose to strike out for a new life ...

American Red Cross At the Battle of Antietam, where thousands of lives were lost in the war’s bloodiest day, she was giving water to a soldier when a bullet tore through her sleeve, killing him.

Haunted by his experiences in the Civil War, where he served in the Confederate army during the Battle of Antietam and was later held as a prisoner of war, James chose to strike out for a new life ...

At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its ...

Antietam National Battlefield, located in Sharpsburg, Maryland, preserves the site of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. On September 17, 1862, Union and ...

The 21st Massachusetts would go on to fight in the Battle of Antietam, where more than 22,000 soldiers died in just one day. The 34th and 36th Massachusetts were part of the series of battles that led ...

Years before the U.S. Civil War photographer Mathew Brady took his famous photos of the Antietam battlefield, the camera of Britain's Roger Fenton captured scenes at Battle of Alma in Crimea in 1854.

Ghost tours are popular here, with stories of Civil War soldiers still wandering the streets and buildings—after all, the Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg happened just across the river, and many wounded ...