Robert Mitchell Menuet spoke proudly of Barton Mitchell, his ancestor who served alongside John Bloss in the 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and suffered a life-shortening wound at Antietam — ...
In one minute, witness the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American history. This video covers the fierce ...
It was the bloodiest day of America's Civil War and remains the bloodiest one-day battle in American history. This week (Sept. 17) in 1862, some 24,000 soldiers died or were wounded in the clash ...
WHY: Night lights, a war-torn route and a bloody memory lane. HOW FAR: About 8 1/2 miles from start to finish, and about 70 miles from Washington. The casualties of great Civil War battles are so ...
It is entirely logical that people are the primary focus in “A Day in September: The Battle of Antietam and the World it Left Behind” (W. W. Norton & Company, 304 pgs., $32.50). The event described by ...