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Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> North America & Caribbean >> USA >> Maryland >> Antietam | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Antietam National Battlefield, in western Maryland between Hagerstown and Harpers Ferry WV |
Antietam was the site of Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North, September 17, 1862 |
The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg to Southerners) was one of the bloodiest of the Civil War with 23,000 casulaties |
Today, the area is sleepy farmland in western Maryland |
The Battle of Antietam precipitated the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves |
Dunker Church, Antietam |
The Battle of Antietam |
One of many monumenta at Antietam |
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland |
Bloody Lane amassed 5,600 of the 23,000 casulaties of Antietam |
Irish Brigade Memorial, Antietam |
Detail of the Irish Brigade Memorial |
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland |
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland |
Burnside Bridge, Antietam Creek, Maryland |
This was the site of a bloody engagement where 450 confederates held off 12,000 union troops for nearly 4 hours |
Burnside Bridge |
Burnside Bridge |
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland |
Sharpsburg, Maryland |
Sharpsburg, Maryland |
Sharpsburg, Maryland |
Sharpsburg, Maryland |
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