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

“It took more than a decade — and the addition of names such as Antietam, Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville to our national canon — but Douglass’s vision of ‘our common humanity’ would be fulfilled,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

He joined battle re-enactments at Gettysburg and Antietam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

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

Separated from Lee’s main force during the Battle of Antietam in 1862, Hill led his men on a 17-mile march to reinforce the Army of Northern Virginia, ultimately saving the Confederates from a decisive defeat.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

He drove his Bronco in pitch darkness across the Potomac and through Antietam National Battlefield, a broad ridge of cornfields and farmland scattered with stone monuments to the dead.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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