Although the Battle of Antietam is a much-studied encounter, Budiansky’s consideration of nine people caught up in the battle and its aftermath is thoughtful and insightful.

An old cemetery in Hazlet contains the graves of several war veterans, but their locations are unclear. A construction ...

On the banks of Antietam Creek, the bloodiest day of the war takes place, followed shortly by the brightest: the emancipation of the slaves.

The toll of the Civil War led ... troops to fight the war. He searched for a signal of God's plan. In September 1862, Union forces drove Southern rebels from Antietam Creek in Maryland.