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    Sharpsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland. The town is approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of Hagerstown. Its population was 560 at the 2020...
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    George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. Part of the Maryland Campaign, it was the first field army–level...
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    Park Service-protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland. It commemorates the American Civil War Battle of...
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    and his Army of Northern Virginia and eventually attacked it near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The resulting Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day of battle...
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    1862, he led his troops on a rapid march from Harpers Ferry to Sharpsburg, Maryland where the Battle of Antietam was raging. Branch arrived on the field...
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    inconclusive but strategic Union victory at the Battle of Antietam outside Sharpsburg, Maryland. He never received another field command and went on to become the...
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  • have become known for Civil War ghost stories are the Sharpsburg battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland; the Chickamauga battlefield in Georgia; Harper's Ferry...
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    McClellan. McClellan and Lee fought at the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, the bloodiest single day in United States...
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    also known as Grove Farm, is a historic home located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick...
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    addition to US 40 Alt, Maryland Route 34 connects Boonsboro to Sharpsburg, Maryland Route 66 connects the town to Interstate 70, Maryland Route 67 connects...
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    original molds for the Angus family plot in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland. John Salter, a granite supplier in Connecticut, misled Agnus and hired...
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    rebellion. Weapons were purchased and sent to Kennedy Farmhouse in Sharpsburg, Maryland, where they were stored. Brown's plan was to make use of weapons...
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    Burnside's Bridge (category Landmarks in Maryland)
    on the U.S. Civil War Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, northwestern Maryland. Built in 1836, it played a notable role in the 1862 battle...
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  • of Antietam or Sharpsburg". Maryland's Historical Markers. Retrieved October 13, 2020. "The Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg". Maryland's Historical Markers...
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    successful preservation efforts: Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland (listed 1988) Penn School (now Penn Center) in Frogmore, South Carolina...
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  • 699 23,746 19.53% 23.94% 21.29% Antietam (Sharpsburg) Maryland campaign September 17, 1862 Sharpsburg, Maryland 75,500 38,000 113,500 George B. McClellan...
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    Battle of Shepherdstown (category Maryland campaign)
    from the passes on South Mountain; and both armies gathered around Sharpsburg, Maryland, where McClellan attacked on September 17. In the resulting Battle...
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    Maryland (US: /ˈmɛrɪlənd/ MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state borders Virginia to its south, West Virginia...
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    tactically inconclusive but strategically important. It took place near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Five days later, on September 22, encouraged by relative success...
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    surgeon. He was taken to a field hospital at the George Line farm in Sharpsburg, where he died the next morning. He was interred in Mortimer Cemetery...
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    the North in the Maryland Campaign, Jackson took Harpers Ferry, then hastened to join the rest of the army at Sharpsburg, Maryland, where they fought...
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    processing more than 12,000 Union prisoners, Jackson's men then rushed to Sharpsburg, Maryland, to rejoin Lee for the Battle of Antietam. Harpers Ferry is a small...
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    Service U.S. Department of the Interior, Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, Maryland. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 2015-06-15. "Battle of Antietam: Carnage...
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  • known as "the Kennedy Farm") outside Sharpsburg, Maryland; Carr's and Sparrow's Beach in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; and Rosedale Beach in Millsboro,...
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  • Airy, Maryland Mount Airy (Davidsonville, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland Mount Airy (Sharpsburg, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland Mount...
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    Sharpsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland. It was listed on the National Register...
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    1906 Annapolis National Cemetery Annapolis Maryland VA 1862 Antietam National Cemetery Sharpsburg Maryland NPS 1865 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington...
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  • Tennallytown, Maryland, in time to march in pursuit of the Confederates. On September 17, 1862, the Union and Confederate armies met at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in...
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    Lee quickly concentrated his forces west of Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where McClellan attacked on September 17. The Battle of Antietam...
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