Burnside Bridge
This picturesque bridge was once the scene of the bloodiest day in American history. The bridge spans Antietam Creek near the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. On September 17, 1862 Confederate and Union troops clashed on these grounds in the single bloodiest day of the Civil War. Fewer than 500 Confederate troops repeatedly repulsed Federal assaults made on this bridge by General Ambrose Burnside’s much larger Ninth Corps. The Union soldiers eventually took the bridge, but it cost them dearly. The bridge is named after General Burnside. Some historians have argued that the Battle of Antietam was the turning point of the war.
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Burnside Bridge
This picturesque bridge was once the scene of the bloodiest day in American history. The bridge spans Antietam Creek near the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. On September 17, 1862 Confederate and Union troops clashed on these grounds in the single bloodiest day of the Civil War. Fewer than 500 Confederate troops repeatedly repulsed Federal assaults made on this bridge by General Ambrose Burnside’s much larger Ninth Corps. The Union soldiers eventually took the bridge, but it cost them dearly. The bridge is named after General Burnside. Some historians have argued that the Battle of Antietam was the turning point of the war.
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