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Antietam Battlefield Ghosts
The bloodiest single day in American history saw 23,000 casualties at Antietam. Now blue lights float over Bloody Lane. Confederate soldiers still march. The Burnside Bridge echoes with phantom footsteps. The Civil War's darkest day never ended.
1862 - Present
Sharpsburg, Maryland, USA
10000+ witnesses
Antietam was the bloodiest day in American history.
The Battle
September 17, 1862:
- 23,000 casualties
- Single day
- Neither side won
- Tactical stalemate
- Strategic Union victory
Bloody Lane
The Sunken Road:
- 5,000 casualties
- Bodies piled deep
- Blue lights seen
- Marching sounds
- Most haunted spot
Burnside Bridge
The famous crossing:
- Hours of fighting
- Union finally crossed
- Bodies in stream
- Footsteps heard
- Soldiers appear
The Cornfield
Constant fighting:
- Changed hands multiple times
- Thousands fell
- Apparitions common
- Battle sounds
- Residual haunting
St. Paul’s Church
Field hospital:
- Surgeries performed
- Screaming heard
- Blood stains
- Moaning
- Still active
Today
Current status:
- National Battlefield
- Ranger reports
- Ghost tours
- Heavy activity
- Battle continues