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Antietam
An·tie·tam A0338900 (ăn-tē′təm) A creek of north-central Maryland emptying into the Potomac River. The bloody and inconclusive Civil War Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg, as it is often called in the South) was fought along its banks on September 17, 1862.Antietam (ænˈtiːtəm) n (Placename) a creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac: scene of a Civil War battle (1862), in which the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee were defeatedAn•tie•tam (ænˈti təm) n. a creek flowing from S Pennsylvania through NW Maryland into the Potomac: Civil War battle fought near here at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in 1862. Antietam
Antietamindecisive battle of the Civil War (1862). [Am. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 15]See: Battle |