SHARPSBURG, Md. — Whether you're one of the estimated 362,000 annual visitors to Antietam National Battlefield or a local resident driving by the national park, you've probably seen the cast ...

SHARPSBURG, Md., June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Without a doubt, the Antietam Battlefield, site of the September 17, 1862, clash that still represe ...

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… ...

SHARPSBURG, Md. -- It was a foggy morning on Sept. 17, 1862, when two armies, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of the Potomac commanded by Gen ...

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 ...

SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) -- The National Park Service has named a new superintendent of the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg. The agency said Wednesday that Susan Trail will succeed John ...

Antietam National Battlefield is one of my favorite Civil War sites, even though it appears my ancestor missed this fight, the bloodiest day of any battles in the war. About 23,000 soldiers were ...

SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) -- The National Park Service says it wants to expand the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg to include about 500 acres in neighboring West Virginia where Civil War ...

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 ...

Historians Brooks Simpson and Mark Grimsley lead a group on a day-long tour of Antietam National Battlefield, the 1862 engagement that is considered the bloodiest single day in American history.