Sharpsburg (Antietam) Campaign

Sharpsburg (Antietam) Campaign is a Virginia historical marker in Fairfax (County) County, dedicated 2016.

Rte. 7, at intersection with Reston Ave.

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Following a victory at the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) and a stalemate at Ox Hill (Chantilly), Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia turned northward. Near here on 3 Sept. 1862, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson's corps entered the Alexandria and Leesburg Turnpike and marched northwest through Dranesville. That evening, at headquarters nearby, Lee wrote to Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis that, if practicable, he planned to enter Maryland. Lee’s army concentrated near Leesburg and crossed the Potomac River on 4-7 Sept., mostly at White’s Ford. They engaged in the bloodiest single day of battle in American history at Sharpsburg (Antietam) on 17 Sept.

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1857 · Delaware And Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Map Of N. Eastern Virginia And Vicinity Of Washington (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Montgomery. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · N.E. Virginia, Washington 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map Of N. Eastern Virginia And Vicinity Of Washington, 1862, covering the location of Sharpsburg (Antietam) Campaign, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of N. Eastern Virginia And Vicinity Of Washington, 1862, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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