Sharpsburg

[ shahrps-burg ]

noun

1. a town in NW Maryland: nearby is the site of the Civil War battle of Antietam 1862.

Example Sentences

Bitter indeed was the hour that brought to Richmond the story of Sharpsburg.

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He was wounded at Sharpsburg on the 17th September, at nine in the morning.

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They followed winding forest-paths through the woods, at dead of night, avoiding the roads till they were north of Sharpsburg.

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Lee's head-quarters were on a hill beyond Sharpsburg, so high that he could overlook a large portion of the field.

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There are branch roads; one leading to Sharpsburg, one down the hill to the middle bridge across the Antietam.

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