Sharpsburg is a lovely town in Maryland that is best known as the home of the preserved Antietam National Battlefield, a National Park Service unit preserving the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. Visitors can explore a plethora of National Register of Historic Places-listed locations throughout the town, including locations within the Sharpsburg Historic District such as Tolson's Chapel, the site of an important school for freed African Americans following the Civil War. Each year, the city hosts a renowned Memorial Day celebration that is considered to have been one of the nation's first celebrations of its kind at its inception.

Antietam National Battlefield

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Burnside's Bridge

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