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| Antietam 135th Anniversary Commemorative Reenactment | |
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Hailed as “The Biggest and Best” by Civil War News…a monumental gathering of the largest army of reenactors and spectators ever assembled came together near Hagerstown, Maryland, to commemorate the 135th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. The story is told by the people who made it happen, from the transformation of the Artz farm to the Preservation March, a Civil War wedding and Dr. Pierres’s Medicine Show. You’ll sit around the campfire with your “pards” and then plunge into the foggy mist of The Cornfield with the Iron Brigade and Hood’s Texans – assault the Bloody Lane with the Irish Brigade and hold off Burnside’s relentless columns with A.P. Hill’s Light Division. Produced by the Antietam Commemorative Committee and the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites, this production is dedicated to the 16,000 reenactors and hundreds of volunteers that came together for 5 days in September, 1997, to pay honor to the men and women of Antietam, and to teach our fellow Americans more about their heritage. About Antietam: The Battle of Antietam was fought in Sharpsburg, Maryland September 16-18, 1862 and was considered a strategic victory for the Union Army. On September 16, Major General George B. McClellan met with Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. At dawn September 17, Hooker's corps mounted a dominant assault on Lee's left flank that began the single bloodiest day in American military history. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's cornfield and around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually penetrated the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. Late in the day, Burnside's corps got into action, crossing the stone bridge over Antietam Creek and rolling up the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, A.P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry, counterattacked, drove back Burnside and saved the day. Although outnumbered, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army. Lee fought the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling losses, Lee continued to clash with McClellan throughout September 18th, while removing his wounded south of the river. McClellan did not renew the assaults. After dark, Lee ordered the tattered Army of Northern Virginia to withdraw across the Potomac into the Shenandoah Valley. Estimated Casualties: 23,100. |
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