Antietam Battle
The battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day in all of American history. Even D-Day, the “longest day” of World War II, suffered only a ninth as many casualties. The tragedy of September 11 is similarly dwarfed by comparison. 23,000 soldiers from the North and the South were killed or wounded on that one day, more than the deaths of all Americans in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Spanish American War combined. It has been estimated that 7,604 Americans died as a direct result of fighting at the Battle of Antietam, either that day on the battlefield, or soon after as a result of fatal wounds they received there. Read more.
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Antietam bridge, looking across stream Alexander Gardner, September 1862, Forms part of Brady Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). [More Info] |
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President Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan in the general's tent; another view Antietam, MD, October 3, 1862, Forms part of Brady Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). [More Info] |
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President Lincoln with Gen. George B. McClellan and group of officers October 3, 1862, Antietam, MD, Forms part of Brady Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). [More Info] |
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Signal tower overlooking Antietam battlefield Elk Mountain, Maryland, 1862. Forms part of Brady Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). [More Info] |
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Smith's barn, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam Keedysville, Md., September 1862, Forms part of Brady Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). [More Info] |
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View with Episcopal church in distance Sharpsburg/Antietam, MD, September 1862, Forms part of Brady Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). [More Info] |
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