Antietam

American

[an-tee-tuhm] / ænˈti təm /

noun

a creek flowing from S Pennsylvania through NW Maryland into the Potomac: Civil War battle fought near here at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in 1862.

Antietam British

/ ænˈtiːtəm /

noun

a creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac: scene of a Civil War battle (1862), in which the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee were defeated

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On September 12, 1862, Confederate forces met the Union army at Antietam, Maryland.

From Literature

The bodies of Confederate soldiers piled up in “Bloody Lane,” a trench on the Antietam Battlefield.

From Literature

He was a Union veteran from Ohio who’d fought at Antietam.

From Los Angeles Times

Some have suggested that the picture of Louk is deserving of recognition as part of a long tradition of war photojournalism, a practice that stretches back to Mathew Brady’s images of the dead at Antietam.

From Slate

She officially joined and traveled with the unit for almost the entirety of the conflict, including the battles at Antietam and Fredericksburg.

From Washington Times

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