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Sharpsburg: Population 674
There are many historic places in the United States, but few hold the distinction of Sharpsburg, and the adjacent Antietam Battlefield. It was at this location where thousands died in the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. This peaceful family town was the place where the Civil War exploded, leaving 23,000 dead and wounded. More men were killed or wounded at Antietam than on any other single day of the Civil War.
As you travel through soft, curving hills,
into the small, quiet town of Sharpsburg, it is hard to imagine
the stream of activities and events which occurred here. Before
the famous Civil War battle, before the thriving town, and before
the statesman's country manor, there was the Great Spring surrounded
by deep, green forest and the trails of the Delaware and
Catawba
Indian Tribes. This spring, which nourished Native American families
for thousands of years before the Europeans came, is perhaps the
only thing that hasn't changed. While visitors can still feel the
profound stillness of the battlefield, the people of Sharpsburg
are proudest of the fact that their town remains a rural village
of real families gathered around the ever flowing Great Spring.