Posted on: 12 August, 2010
Author: David Bunch
Antietam, Battle of Antietam Creek, near the village of Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the scene of a famous battle in the Civil War, when the states of the North and those of the South fought against each other from 1861 to 1865. The Battle of Antietam, on September 17, 1862, was between Northern troops under General G. B. McClellan and a Southern army commanded by General Robert E. Lee. Article Tags: Antietam Battle Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com