Historic Saint Pauls Episcopal Church

The Civil War Battle of Antietam began at dawn on Wednesday, September 17, 1862, in the small western Maryland town of Sharpsburg, between Confederate forces led by Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac under the command of George McClellan. The battle raged all that day and into the next, and when it was finally quiet, 22,717 men were dead, wounded or missing, making it the bloodiest day in United States military history.

During the battle of Antietam, St. Paul’s Church was used as a hospital for wounded and ill soldiers, and, adding to its already dilapidated condition, cannon fire further weakened the building. The church was rebuilt in 1874.

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