Historical Expert of Antietam - Antietam National Battlefield …
This time, the now 60-year-old Carman was finally appointed “historical expert” of a new Battlefield Board. Carman was joined by Major George B. Davis, who became president of the board and the Federal representative, and Major General Henry …
Park Archives: Antietam National Battlefield - NPS History
Antietam made feasible the Emancipation Proclamation and reshaped the logistics of field medicine. It also influenced how the nation would memorialize battlefields in the future. Immediately after the battle over 3,500 dead were buried in farm fields surrounding Sharpsburg. Eventually Confederate soldiers were moved to three local cemeteries.
Antietam National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)
Dec 8, 2024 · 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 Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Antietam National Battlefield - Wikipedia
Antietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service -protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland. It commemorates the American Civil War Battle of Antietam that occurred on September 17, 1862.
Civil War: Historian Ted Alexander dies - Public Opinion
Jul 10, 2020 · Historian, author, teacher, preservationist and Elvis Presley fan Ted Alexander has died. "He is a legend. There's not a lot of people I would say that about, but he was a legend at Sharpsburg,"...
Short History of the Park - Antietam National Battlefield (U.S ...
Col. Ezra Carman commanded the 13th New Jersey Regiment at the Battle of Antietam. He is also considered one of the first historians of the battle. From its creation, Antietam would take a course very different from its sister parks.
Ted Alexander - Antietam's 'legend' of a historian dies
Jul 10, 2020 · Alexander served for more than a quarter-century as chief historian at the Antietam grounds near Sharpsburg and became a nationally renowned historian. He wrote books, including "The Battle of Antietam: The Bloodiest Day" and "Southern Revenge!: Civil War History of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania."
Antietam National Battlefield - The Historical Marker Database
Dec 29, 2019 · You are now at the eastern entrance to Antietam National Battlefield, the site of the bloodiest single day battle in American history. More than 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing at the end of twelve hours of combat.
Antietam: Remembering Our Boys - A o t W
Nov 22, 2024 · During the 1890's the members of the Antietam Battlefield Board had produced more than 200 cast iron historical tablets - explanatory markers - and placed them along the roadways of the new National Battlefield to mark position and movements of all the Brigades at Antietam (see locating maps).
NPS Historical Handbook: Antietam
Antietam National Battlefield Site was established August 30, 1890, to commemorate the significant events of September 17, 1862, and to preserve the important features of the battlefield.