Travelling through the Maryland region brought us in an area where General Robert E. LEE crossed the Potomac river to bring the civil War to Northern soil. It is known as the Bloodiest One Day Battle in American history ! 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln’s issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. More pics : click HERE.Monday, October 8
The Antietam Battlefield (SHARPSBURG, MD)
Travelling through the Maryland region brought us in an area where General Robert E. LEE crossed the Potomac river to bring the civil War to Northern soil. It is known as the Bloodiest One Day Battle in American history ! 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln’s issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. More pics : click HERE.