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Sharpsburg (Antietam) Campaign

Fairfax County · .5 mile west of Fairfax. · location approximate

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Here Lee turned north, on the Ox Road, and moved toward Dranesville and Leesburg, September 3, 1862. The army entered Maryland, September 5-6, 1862.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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