The Burnside Bridge was named after Union General Ambrose Burnside who commanded the Ninth Corps at

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The Burnside Bridge was named after Union General
Ambrose Burnside who commanded the Ninth Corps at
Antietam. His soldiers made repeated attacks
against the small force of Confederates who
defended this crucial Antietam Creek crossing.
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For nearly four hours, Union and Confederate
infantry contested this sunken country road,
resulting in over 5,000 casualities. Thus the
name "Bloody Lane."
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Gardner captured more local devastation in this
image of the destroyed barn owned by the Reel
family. The farm is just west of the battlefield
and the barn suffered a direct hit from Union
artillery, caught fire and burned. Sadly, at the
time it was struck the barn was serving as a
Confederate field hospital.
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Sunrise over Bloody Lane at Antietam.
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The Maryland State Monument is the only monument
on the battlefield dedicated to the men who
fought for both sides. During the Civil War,
Maryland remained in the Union, but was a
politically divided, slave-holding border state.
Marylanders fought for both the Union and the
Confederacy. Approximately 20,000 people attended
the dedication on May 30, 1900. General James
Longstreet, Henry Kyd Douglas and many veterans
of both the Union and Confederate armies were all
present for the ceremony.
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The Memorial Illumination is held on the first
Saturday in December. 1,000 volunteers place and
light 23,000 candles in paper bags across the
battlefield. Each candle represents a soldier
that was killed or wounded during the battle.
Visitors drive through an awesome reminder of the
magnitude of loss at Antietam.
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The National Cemetery is the final resting place
for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of
Antietam and other Maryland campaigns. This
photograph wastaken from the top of the Cemetery
lodge building.
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The Pry family home was used by General George
McClellan and his staff as the headquarters for
the Union Army of the Potomac. Two brothers,
Philip and Samuel Pry built the house in the
summer of 1844. Major General Israel Richardson,
who led one of the Union Divisions against Bloody
Lane, was taken to the house after he was
wounded. General Richardson died there on
November 3, 1862
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After the battle, about seventy-five field
hospitals were established in the surrounding
area. Barns like this one, churches, woodlots,
homes - all used to try to treat the more
than18,000 wounded soldiers.
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Confederate dead on the east side of the
Hagerstown Pike near the hill where the Visitor
Center is located today, with the photographer
looking toward the Dunker Church.
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President Lincoln visits General McClellan at his
headquarters on October 4, 1862. Visible on the
ground at the lower left is a captured
Confederate battle flag.
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