http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam Explore the Battle of Antietam--one of the bloodiest of the Civil War-- through photographs of soldiers, the battlefield and monuments. en Copyright 2013, History.com Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-22T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo1 One of the bloodiest days of the Civil War, the Battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862) saw the Confederate forces of Robert E. Lee halted by George McLellan's Union army. The battle took place near Sharpsburg, Maryland. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo2 'Bloody Lane' on the Antietam battlefield was the scene of some of the most violent engagements of the battle. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo3 Several dead soldiers lying outside of Dunker Church, which survived the Battle of Antietam and was used as an aid station (September, 1862). http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo4 Though Dunker Church survived a heavy barrage at the Battle of Antietam, it was razed by a storm in the 1920s. Rebuilt, it is an icon of the battlefield. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo5 Union soldiers erected signal towers at various high points around the battlefield. Using a system of signal flags, they would report enemy movements back to General McClellan (September, 1862). http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo6 Confederate soldiers lie dead after the Battle of Antietam (September 19, 1862). http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo7 Union soldiers stand guard around the grave of a compatriot, killed during the Battle of Antietam (1862). http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo8 Union physician Anson Hurd cared for wounded Confederate soldiers after the Battle of Antietam in this makeshift field hospital (September, 1862). http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo9 President Abraham Lincoln meets with General George McClellan at Antietam a few weeks after the end of the battle in October of 1862. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo10 Headstones at the Antietam National Cemetery. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo11 A memorial commemorating the 132nd Pennsylvania Regiment stands on 'Bloody Lane' at Antietam. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo12 A memorial commemorating soldiers who fought in the Battle of Antietam. http://www.history.com/photos/civil-war-antietam/photo12