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Sharpsburg

American  
[shahrps-burg] / ˈʃɑrps bɜrg /

noun

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


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That victory came on Sept. 17 in the farmlands around Sharpsburg.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2022

Wilson of Sharpsburg was released from jail on $100,000 bond Friday.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2022

The battle took place on Sept. 17, 1862, around Sharpsburg, a village 70 miles northwest of Washington.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2020

From left: Hank Ashmore, 74, of Sharpsburg, Ga., attended his first Masters in 1960 and has been to 41; John M. Moss III, 69, of Harlem, Ga., attended his first Masters in 1958.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 17, 2019

When the Ninth Corps dropped back under the crest they had so bravely won, the battle of Sharpsburg virtually ended, though the fire between the lines was continued till nine o’clock.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet

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