Antietam

American

[an-tee-tuhm] / 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.

Antietam British

/ 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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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

In addition to the aircraft carrier and its air wing, other ships in the group include the cruisers USS Robert Smalls and USS Antietam and the guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta.

From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2023

He was shot five times during the Battle of Antietam but participated in the Gettysburg campaign the following year.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

The bodies of Confederate soldiers piled up in “Bloody Lane,” a trench on the Antietam Battlefield.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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