23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
SHARPSBURG, Md.—On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Antietam National Battlefield will premiere its new film "Remembering Antietam" at the Maryland Theater in Hagerstown, Maryland at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The premiere will include a question-and-answer session about the making of the film and a reception co-sponsored by the Hagerstown & Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Maryland Theatre is located at 21 South Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD 21740. The film will begin showing at the Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center on November 12.