From the August 16, 2021, Herald-Mail media "Antietam preservation group purchases land outside national battlefield" by Sherry Greenfield.
The Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, left nearly 23,000 men dead, wounded or missing. It is still considered America's single bloodiest day.
For the first time, the preservation group Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF) has bought land outside the national battlefield park. It is located along Harpers Ferry Road. The half-acre property is one-half mile south of Sharpsburg and was bought for $132,000.
An abandoned house sits on the property and will be removed.
It is on high ground inside Confederate lines that overlooks the final assault of Union General Ambrose Burnside's attack in the afternoon where Southern artillery occupied this spot and pounded Burnside's assault.
SHAF will be fund raising to pay for it. An anonymous donor will be matching everything raised one-for-one.
-Old Secesh
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