The Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg - Boonsboro, MD
N 39° 29.959 W 077° 38.815
18S E 272402 N 4375533
On the National Road can be found this official Maryland State marker about the Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg.
Waymark Code: WMC9FN
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2011
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The road is historic enough but add to it the allure of the Civil War and these fantastic roadside markers, well you just got plain magic! This marker is on the edge of the road and reads:
THE BATTLE OF
ANTIETAM OR
SHARPSBURG
The bloodiest conflict of
The war between the states
Occured September 17, 1862
A few miles from this point
(Turn to the center of Boonsboro)
Maryland Historical Trust
Maryland State Highway Administration
The marker is in Boonsboro, Maryland, in Washington County on South Main Street (Alternate U.S. 40) west of Rohresville Road (Maryland Route 67), on the right when traveling west. The marker was erected by the Maryland Historical Trust and the Maryland State Highway Administration.