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Tag Archives: battle of antietam

Confederate Dead in "Bloody Lane" after Battle of Antietam

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 18, 1862

The day after the bloodiest day in the war, the sun dawns on an apocalyptic scene in and around a small Baptist church near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s invasion of Maryland has turned into a disaster of unimagined proportions. Some 12,000 soldiers lie dead or dying in a cornfield, as the Confederates…

September 18, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Battle of Antietam: The white German Baptist Church is visible in the background in this 1887 painting called "Battle of Antietam" by Thure de Thulstrup

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 17, 1862

In and around the yard of a pacifist Baptist church, the bloodiest one day battle in American history unfolds today: the Battle of Antietam. Built in 1852 by German Baptist farmers, the Dunker Church on a hill near Sharpsburg, Maryland houses a peace-loving congregation of six to eight farm families. There is nothing peaceful about…

September 17, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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