https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/antietam/ Recent content in Antietam on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/lay-land-terrains-toll-us-civil-war/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/lay-land-terrains-toll-us-civil-war/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/lay-land-terrains-toll-us-civil-war/Alexander%20Gardner" alt="" loading="eager" decoding="async"> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/lay-land-terrains-toll-us-civil-war/i-97-7d8-a-2.jpg" alt="Nearly 23,000 men died in the Battle of Antietam, including these Confederate soldiers. Library of Congress - Alexander Gardner" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Nearly 23,000 men died in the Battle of Antietam, including these Confederate soldiers. Library of Congress - Alexander Gardner</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/lay-land-terrains-toll-us-civil-war/i-95-7d8-a-2.jpg" alt="In the Battle of Antietam, there were fewer casualties near Burnside Bridge, pictured here, than at the Cornfield. Ernest Mettendorf" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>In the Battle of Antietam, there were fewer casualties near Burnside Bridge, pictured here, than at the Cornfield. Ernest Mettendorf</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/lay-land-terrains-toll-us-civil-war/i-96-7d8-a-2.jpg" alt="Thousands of men died along Sunken Road, or &#34;Bloody Lane,&#34; during the Battle of Antietam. Stephen Kellam" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Thousands of men died along Sunken Road, or &#34;Bloody Lane,&#34; during the Battle of Antietam. Stephen Kellam</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/lay-land-terrains-toll-us-civil-war/i-98-7d8-a-2.jpg" alt="Antietam Library of Congress - Kurz and Allison" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Antietam Library of Congress - Kurz and Allison</figcaption> </figure> <p>In the waning days of summer 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee lined his Confederate troops along a grassy ridge on the western side of Antietam Creek in the outskirts of Sharpsburg, Md.</p>