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Antietam National Battlefield

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battlefield park between the Cornfield and the Dunker Church. The land, also known as the Wilson farm, was purchased by the Trust in 2015 for about $ 1 million. The preservation organization has since removed the postwar house and barn that stood on the property along Hagerstown Pike and returned the land to its wartime appearance.
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is shown on the hour and the half-hour. The visitor center is open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. Park rangers offer interpretive talks and an audio tour is available for purchase to accompany the self-guided 8.5-mile
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The battle was over with the Union sitting on three sides, waiting for the next day. During the night of the 18th, General Lee pulled his troops back across the Potomac River, leaving the battle and the town to General McClellan. It was the bloodiest day in United States history, with a combined
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and its federal, state, and local partners, including the Save Historic Antietam Foundation, have acquired and preserved 468 acres (1.89 km) of the overall battlefield through mid-2023, including the "epicenter" tract, a 44.4-acre, previously privately owned parcel in the heart of the
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The Pry House Field Hospital Museum is located in the house that served as Union Commander General George B. McClellan's headquarters during the battle. Exhibits focus on period medical care of the wounded, as well as information about the Pry House. The museum is sponsored by the
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in the Miller cornfield. Hooker's troops advanced behind the falling shells and drove the Confederates from their positions. Around 7 a.m. Jackson reinforced his troops and pushed the Union troops back. Union Maj. Gen.
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History of Antietam National Cemetery, including a descriptive list of all the loyal soldiers buried therein together with the ceremonies and address on the occasion of the dedication of the grounds, September, 17th,
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in rows on the northern portion of the battlefield. The luminaries consist of a paper bag filled with sand and a candle, and represents a soldier that was killed, injured, or went missing during the
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and took the heights. After a 2-hour lull to reform the Union lines, they advanced up the hill, driving the Confederates back towards Sharpsburg. But for the timely arrival of Maj. Gen.
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Signal tower, on Elk Mountain, overlooking the battlefield of Antietam. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division,
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on August 10, 1933, and redesignated November 10, 1978. Along with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the battlefield was listed on the
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This memorial illumination was started in 1989 and continues to this day on the first Saturday in December. Every year, over a thousand volunteers place 23,000
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Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland Brochure; National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior; Harpers Ferry Design Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
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By 2017, the Antietam National Battlefield was deemed a success story and was included alongside ten other sites that previously named to the
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Ceremonies of dedication of the National Cemetery on the Battlefield of Antietam, MD, from Harper's Weekly, October 5, 1867
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on October 15, 1966. Additional documentation on the site was recorded by the National Park Service on February 27, 2009.
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contains museum exhibits about the battle and the Civil War. The Visitor Center was constructed in 1962 as part of the
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Antietam National Cemetery, Entrance Gates, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
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Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
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and the second in 2000 for the remains of USN Fireman Patrick Howard Roy who was killed in the attack on the
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in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The cemetery also contains the graves of veterans and their wives from the
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was moving his Federals forward to support Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick and veered into Confederate Maj. Gen.
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Antietam National Cemetery, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
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Dunker Church, Hagerstown & Smoketown Roads, Sharpsburg vicinity, Washington County, MD
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Antietam National Battlefield
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Antietam National Cemetery
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sent his men into the fray and regained some of the ground lost to the Confederates.
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, The Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War
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began the Union artillery bombardment of the Confederate positions of Maj. Gen.
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg vicinity, Washington County, MD
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Western Maryland Regional Library: history of Antietam National Cemetery
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Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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As the fighting in the cornfield was coming to a close, Maj. Gen.
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Antietam National Battlefield Site Maryland Historical Handbook
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and also became the focus of successful preservation efforts.
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National Battlefields and Military Parks of the United States
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Battlefields of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
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Mumma Farm, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD
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The Origin and Evolution of the National Military Park Idea
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University of Maryland Arboretum & Botanical Garden
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The Antietam National Battlefield was listed as one of
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in the years 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, according to the
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Conservation and Environmental Research Areas of UMBC
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The Battle began at dawn on September 17, 1862, when
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Antietam National Cemetery

Map showing the location of Antietam National Battlefield
Map showing the location of Antietam National Battlefield
Washington County, Maryland
Sharpsburg, MD
39°28′13″N 77°44′17″W / 39.47028°N 77.73806°W / 39.47028; -77.73806
National Park Service
Antietam National Battlefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Sharpsburg, Maryland
66000038
National Park Service
Antietam Creek
Sharpsburg
Maryland
American Civil War
Battle of Antietam
Appalachian
Potomac River
Burnside's Bridge
Robert E. Lee
War Department
National Register of Historic Places
Union
Confederate
Washington Confederate Cemetery
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery

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