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The rolling farmland of western Maryland is the site of the Antietam National Battlefield, the bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War.

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Harvest of Death: Visiting Antietam National Battlefield

By William E. Welsh

The harvest of death in the farm fields of western Maryland was a heavy one on September 17, 1862. Read more

Some raw, others heartfelt, the photographs Matthew Brady and his team took at the Battle of Antietam set milestones for battlefield photography.

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Civil War Quarterly Preview: The Greatest High Seas Duel of the American Civil War

 

Newly promoted Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate States Navy called his crew—largely English—to the quarterdeck of his new command. Read more

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