Step Into Antietam: The Bloodiest Day in American History

Civil War Then & Now

Garry Adelman visits Antietam National Battlefield to document the locations of four famous photographs of the bloodiest day in American History.

Explore the photos yourself below 猬囷笍

Dunker Church:

Knap's Battery:

Hagerstown Pike:

Burnside Bridge:

Related Battles

Washington County, MD | September 17, 1862
Result: Union Victory
Estimated Casualties
22,717
Union
12,401
Confed.
10,316