I stood where a young man named Henry Kingsbury did on September ... 17, 1862. He was a Colonel in the Union Army. His job was to lead his troops over what is now known as the Burnside Bridge at ...

the day-long battle near Antietam Creek on September 17 [1862] is widely recognized as the single bloodiest day in American history. On that one day, 3,911 American soldiers died in battle ...

“The 6,300 to 6,500 Union and Confederate soldiers killed and mortally wounded near the Maryland village of Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862 ... of casualties at Antietam were four times ...

17, 1862, invading Confederate forces and Union pursuers collided in rolling sheets of fire at Antietam Creek, a shallow ribbon ... River into Maryland in September 1862, the Confederacy appeared ...

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.

17, together with the severe marches they had ... BURNSIDE withdrew his command to the east side of Antietam Creek, and some of the minor apologies which he advances in his report are equally ...

17, 1862—the encounter “was ... To this total, Mr. Budiansky’s account in “A Day in September” adds some 3,000 mortally wounded in battle. Antietam also inspired the first intensive ...

Lee ordered his forces to move to Sharpsburg at a strategically selected location along Antietam Creek. On September 16th, 1862, Union forces under the command of General George B. McClellan ran ...

17 (UPI) --On this date in history ... George McClellan attacked Confederate troops led by Gen. Robert E. Lee near Antietam Creek in Maryland. McClellan blocked Lee's advance on Washington ...