ANTIETAM BRIDGE, WILLIAMSPORT ROAD, Saturday, July 11.} Yesterday the army began to take positions, driving back the enemy's cavalry to near Funkstown LEE is strongly intrenched, and has a strong ...

The bridge spanning Antietam Creek was simply known as the “lower bridge” when it was the site of the fighting Sept. 17, 1862, when more than 22,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died.

By James McPherson in Antietam: The Battle That Changed The ... Later in the day was Burnside Bridge, a slaughter that I wrote about a few years ago. It’s like the generals of both armies ...

The name Devil’s Backbone comes from a narrow, rocky ridge where Lappan Road teeters between Beaver Creek and Antietam Creek. A single-lane stone bridge built in 1824 crosses the mouth of Beaver ...

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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 ...

That was the Battle of Antietam, in Sharpsburg, Maryland ... the Sunken Road, and Burnside’s Bridge. Although this event was small, with roughly 1,000 participants, the focus was on first-person ...

“It’s a bridge that was not very well engineered,” said Jay Worrall, chair of the Recreation Commission of the Antietam Valley. “It’s very old and probably never really served its ...

Follow along Antietam Creek on a nice flat shady trail. There is one uphill climb on the trail. The trail begins at Auto Tour Stop 8. Cross over Burnside Bridge and make a loop on the east site of ...

Visitors to the Newcomer House at Antietam Battlefield can join former National Park Service ranger Matthew Penrod on July 16 for a guided walking tour covering the Middle Bridge part of the ...