Antietam

[ an-tee-tuh m ]

/ ænˈti təm /

noun

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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In 2011, four years after my tour in Iraq, I walked the Antietam battlefield to remember.
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At Antietam, the bloodiest battle of the war, McKinley's gallantry was so conspicuous that he was promoted to a lieutenancy.
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At Antietam, at Fredericksburg, at Chancellorsville, he was present and fought his command to the uttermost.
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Dick put his glasses to his eyes, and slowly swept a wide curve on the peninsula of Antietam.
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British Dictionary definitions for antietam

Antietam

/ (ænˈtiːtəm) /

noun

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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