Photo taken by Mark R. Day of the Lower Bridge "Burnside's Bridge" Antietam National Battlefield on a rainy Sunday morning in late August 2012. Copyright by Mark R. Day 22 September 2012, all rights reserved
History of the Bridge
Constructed in 1836 this limestone and granite bridge played a key role in the September 1862 Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War when a small number of Confederate soldiers from Georgia for several hours held off repeated attempts by elements of the union Army to take the bridge by force and inflicted more than 500 casualties on the 51st New York and the 11th Connecticut.
The bridge now bears the name of the Union Commander, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside.
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