Burnside Bridge

SIA3061: Burnside Bridge

Photographer:	Calvin J. Hamilton
Copyright:	Copyright © 2008 Calvin J. Hamilton. All rights reserved.
Date:	2008/08/24
Location:	Antietam Battlefield, Maryland

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The fighting here was a key factor in McClellan's failure at Antietam. Called Burnside Bridge after the Union general whose troops were held off most of the day by a few hundred Georgia riflemen, it is the battlefield's best-known landmark.