Marylanders recall bloodiest day in US history
<p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="September">September</span> 11<span word="th">th</span>, <span word="people">people</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="vividly">vividly</span> <span word="recalled">recalled</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> 11 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="terrorists">terrorists</span> <span word="piloting">piloting</span> <span word="hijacked">hijacked</span> <span word="airplanes">airplanes</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 3,000 <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span>.</p><p><span word="Today">Today</span>, <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span> <span word="that">that</span> 4,000 <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="died">died</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="another">another</span> 15,000 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="wounded">wounded</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="soil">soil</span> - 150 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>.</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="was">was</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="remains">remains</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bloodiest">bloodiest</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="remembered">remembered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Maryland">Maryland</span> <span word="countryside">countryside</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span>, <span word="D">D</span>.<span word="C">C</span>., <span word="near">near</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sleepy">sleepy</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Sharpsburg">Sharpsburg</span>.</p><p><span word="There">There</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="September">September</span> 17, 1862, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="as">as</span> 100,000 <span word="Yankee">Yankee</span> <span word="northerners">northerners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Rebel">Rebel</span> <span word="southerners">southerners</span>, <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="collided">collided</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="pastureland">pastureland</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span> <span word="stream">stream</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Antietam">Antietam</span> <span word="Creek">Creek</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="epic">epic</span> 12-<span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="battle">battle</span>.</p><p><span word="Confederate">Confederate</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="E">E</span>. <span word="Lee">Lee</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="victory">victory</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="victory">victory</span> - <span word="but">but</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="soil">soil</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Virginia">Virginia</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="triumph">triumph</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="territory">territory</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="persuade">persuade</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="endorse">endorse</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="breakaway">breakaway</span> <span word="Confederacy">Confederacy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="arms">arms</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="win">win</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span>.</p><p><span word="Support">Support</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Abraham">Abraham</span> <span word="Lincoln">Lincoln</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="shaky">shaky</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Lee">Lee</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Antietam">Antietam</span> <span word="Creek">Creek</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="menaced">menaced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="border">border</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Maryland">Maryland</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Rebel">Rebel</span> <span word="cause">cause</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="appetite">appetite</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="war">war</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fierce">fierce</span> <span word="battle">battle</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sunken">sunken</span> <span word="lane">lane</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="locals">locals</span> <span word="called">called</span> “<span word="Hog">Hog</span> <span word="Trough">Trough</span> <span word="Road">Road</span>” <span word="because">because</span> <span word="pigs">pigs</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="worn">worn</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="depression">depression</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earth">earth</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="barn">barn</span>.</p>
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