Antietam

American  

[an-tee-tuhm] / ænˈti təm /

noun

1. a creek flowing from S Pennsylvania through NW Maryland into the Potomac: Civil War battle fought near here at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in 1862.

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Antietam British  

/ ænˈtiːtəm /

noun

1. a creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac: scene of a Civil War battle (1862), in which the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee were defeated

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Antietam

He joined battle re-enactments at Gettysburg and Antietam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

He was a Union veteran from Ohio who’d fought at Antietam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025

Some have suggested that the picture of Louk is deserving of recognition as part of a long tradition of war photojournalism, a practice that stretches back to Mathew Brady’s images of the dead at Antietam.

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2024

Benning and his men held “Burnside’s Bridge” against a much larger Union force before retreating during the Battle of Antietam and took part in ferocious combat at Gettysburg and Chickamauga.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

“Yes, John’s in Tennessee under a general named Rosecrans. And Shad’s in the East with the Army of the Potomac. He was at Antietam Creek and Fredericksburg; you heard of them two battles, didn’t you?”

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt