World & Nation
President Reagan has signed legislation designed to help protect the Antietam Civil War battlefield in northern Maryland, the White House announced.
Oct. 26, 1988
150 years later, preservationists see victory at Antietam
Sept. 16, 2012
It was 125 years ago that the blue and the gray marched across South Mountain and engaged in the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in the Civil War.
Dec. 27, 1987
The 125th anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history is being commemorated here with two weeks of special events.
Sept. 20, 1987
An airplane fitted with sophisticated radar and cameras invented for spy planes and satellites flew over the Antietam and Manassas battlefields this week on a high-technology archeological hunt for unmarked graves and hidden Civil War artifacts.
Nov. 6, 1993
The site of the U.S. military’s bloodiest battle is a battleground once more, this time over relic hunters digging up Civil War soldiers’ buttons, belt buckles and canteens.
Oct. 9, 1994
Iron buttons and a belt buckle help to identify the remains as those
Jan. 25, 2009
Travel & Experiences
The common enemy is visual clutter, they say. Antietam is among the latest Civil War sites to go on the watch list.
March 13, 2008
California
Once again, Millard Kefauver’s 280-acre dairy farm is in the line of fire.
March 25, 1990
It began when Gov.
Dec. 3, 1989