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Reenacting Antietam: Fighting As Family Once Did Monday marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest battles of any war. At the battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md ...

SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND—September 17, 1862 dawned with two armies poised for battle near the small Maryland town of Sharpsburg, near Antietam Creek. The combatants, Americans all, would fight and die en ...

In this Dec. 4, 2010 file photo, luminaries are seen across Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md., to commemorate the soldiers who were killed or wounded during the three-day Civil War ...

The Battle of Antietam, or Battle of Sharpsburg particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American ...

A newly-discovered map of the Battle of Antietam has shown that thousands of fallen soldiers were temporarily buried on the Civil War Battleground in a stunning visualization of the devastation of the ...

In one minute, witness the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American history. This video covers the fierce clashes across the Cornfield, Bloody Lane, and Burnside’s Bridge, showing how ...

ALL RIGHT, DALENCIA THANK YOU. WELL, TODAY MARKS THE 161ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, WHICH TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE IN MARYLAND AND REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Pixelated Apollo breaks down the tactical strategies and devastating casualties of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest ...

For the better part of 160 years, military historians have been poring over the movements of Union and Confederate soldiers through southern Washington County in the waning days of the summer of 1862 ...

What a regiment of inexperienced Indiana soldiers saw at Antietam. By Nicole Etcheson More Americans died on Sept. 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam, than any other day in history. By Rick Beard A ...