Current NPS alerts (2)
Dunker Church, Dunker Church Road, the Visitor Center Temporary Closure
Dunker Church, Dunker Church Road, the Visitor Center and nearby trails will be closed Oct. 27 while specialists remove unexploded projectiles from the base of the O.T. Reilly Monument. Closures may continue Oct. 28. Other battlefield areas will remain open. Please follow posted signs and staff directions. For updates, visit nps.gov/anti or call 301-432-5124
Sherrick Farm Trail Detour
There is a detour on the trail due to downed trees. Our staff is working diligently to remove these from the trail.
Weather alerts (National Weather Service)
No active NWS watches, warnings or advisories for the forecast zone and county at the park's central point.
About this site
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.
- Type
- National Battlefield
- State
- Maryland
- Address
- 5831 Dunker Church Rd., Sharpsburg, MD 21782