On September 17, 1862, during what became known as the Battle of Antietam, Union troops needed to cross Antietam Creek to flank the Confederate Army. Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside had orders to ...

Floodwaters moving from higher ground converged with the overflowing Antietam Creek, leaving the trailer park in Exeter Township at the mercy of a raging river, said Chuck Parker, construction ...

Steven Cowie opens When Hell Came to Sharpsburg by describing the Battle of Antietam (Sept. 19, 1862), with its over 23,000 men killed, wounded, or captured, with distinctive attention given to the ...