Burnside Bridge

Antietam National Battlefield Park
Sharpsburg, MD

These are photos for sale from Antietam National Battlefield park. The battle was also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg.

See also Burnside Bridge photos . . .

Established by Act of Congress on August 30, 1890, this Civil War site marks the end of General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North in September 1862. The battle claimed more than 23,000 men killed, wounded, and missing in one single day, September 17,1862, and led to Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. (from National Park Service)