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Antietam National Battlefield
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The Antietam Memorial Illumination is held yearly, the first Saturday in December. Over 23,000 luminaries are placed across the field to represent each casuality that occurred on September 17, 1862. Click here (Quicktime Video-7:30 length-10.6 MB) to see the illumination video and for more information, visit our Memorial Illumination page.
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Did You Know?
Robert E. Lee's son, Robert Jr., was a private with the Rockbridge Artillery who fought at the Battle of Antietam

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