Antietam

[ an-tee-tuhm ]

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noun

a creek flowing from S Pennsylvania through NW Maryland into the Potomac: Civil War battle fought near here at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in 1862.

Antietam

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noun

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 defeated

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He was a Union veteran from Ohio who’d fought at Antietam.

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Some have suggested that the picture of Louk is deserving of recognition as part of a long tradition of war photojournalism, a practice that stretches back to Mathew Brady’s images of the dead at Antietam.

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She officially joined and traveled with the unit for almost the entirety of the conflict, including the battles at Antietam and Fredericksburg.

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In addition to the aircraft carrier and its air wing, other ships in the group include the cruisers USS Robert Smalls and USS Antietam and the guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta.

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The USS Ronald Reagan, along with the guided missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Robert Smalls, arrived in Da Nang on Sunday for the visit.

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