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A creek of north-central Maryland emptying into the Potomac River. The bloody and inconclusive Civil War Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg, as it is often called in the South) was fought along its banks on September 17, 1862.

Antietam

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Everywhere Outside (1991 Album by Antietam)
Hill, Ambrose Powell (American Confederate officer)
Hagerstown (city, Maryland)