Antietam National Battlefield
Observation Tower Looking South, Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland.
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE'S first invasion of the North culminated with the Battle of Antietam, in Maryland (or Sharpsburg, as the South called it). The battle took place on Wednesday, September 17, 1862, just 18 days after the Confederate victory at Second Manassas, 40 miles to the southeast in Virginia.
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Not only was this the first major Civil War engagement on Northern soil, it was also the bloodiest single day battle in American history.
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The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
(From the poem "Bivouacs of the Dead," located in the center of the cemetery) Text taken directly from their website, for further information, visit Antietam National Battlefield website. Casualties at Antietam
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