The Antietam Battlefield National Park is where the most lethal single-day battle in American History took place. The Civil War Battle of Antietam took place on September 17th, 1862, and left ...

SHARPSBURG — The first phase of restoration to historic Burnside Bridge is expected to begin in mid-July, while work continues on other landmarks at Antietam National Battlefield and Antietam ...

September 16, 2012 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. James McPherson, Civil War historian, and Edwin Bearss, former National Park Service chief historian, each talked about the B… ...

Andrew Banasik, superintendent at Monocacy National Battlefield, will leave his post to become Antietam National Battlefield’s superintendent May 19. Banasik is a Civil War history enthusiast ...

Battlefield Burial A sailor who died in the suspected terrorist bombing of the U.S.S. Cole will be buried at Antietam National Cemetery -- a Civil War cemetery that has been closed since the ...

The 2021 Memorial Illumination at Antietam National Battlefield is planned to start at 6 p.m. Saturday at the park near Sharpsburg. The illumination honors the 23,000 casualties from the Battle of ...

SHARPSBURG — Among the 4,776 Civil War Union dead buried at Antietam National Cemetery are 1,836 whose names will never be known. They are buried in graves marked only by a number, often ...

Owing to the want of facilities for reaching the grounds of the romantic and hitherte rather secluded site of the National Cemetery at Antietam, there has been some doubt as to the dedication ...

Dedication of the National Cemetery on the Battlefield of Antietam. Share full article. Sept. 17, 1867. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Plans are in the works at Antietam National Battlefield to improve the historical experience for its 330,000 annual visitors, including changes that could take up to a decade to implement.Long ...

Antietam National Battlefield will present a Memorial Day Program at 11 a.m. Monday at the park’s National Cemetery, just east of Sharpsburg.