Antietam National Battlefield
The National Park Service site that commemorates where 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after 12 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
Hours
See website for hours.
Contact
Local Phone: 301-432-5124
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March 26, 2026
Jill EAnother stellar NPS site
Started at the visitors center with the 20 minute film about the 47-day siege at Vicksburg Battlefield. The film set us up well to better enjoy the driving tour, which we spent four hours on. (It...
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Robert IVery enjoyable great place to visit
Very scenic and quiet somber battlefield experience .Great for civil war enthusiasts a must see for all history buffs.Would recommend combining this with Gettysburg
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September 09, 2025
Ward DA must-see stop for American Civil War buffs and pretty much every American citizen.
Antietam ranks right up there with Gettysburg because it stopped Lee’s first invasion of the North and gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. This bloody conflict changed the...
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