Antietam Creek and Aqueduct

Antietam Creek and Aqueduct

Photo by Amy Allen
Running south from Pennsylvania, Antietam Creek is another large tributary feeding the Potomac River. Just three miles upstream from its meeting with the Potomac, Antietam Creek passes through the town of Sharpsburg, MD, where 23,000 Union and Confederate troops were killed, wounded or unaccounted for on September 17, 1862 during a single Learn more.
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