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Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, MD
Antietam National Battlefield commemorates the site of the Battle of Antietam, a pivotal Civil War battle. Five days after this battle, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, linking the Union cause to the abolition of slavery.
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The myth this site refutes: that Black Americans were not trusted to fight for the country. They fought — and were still denied the rights they defended.
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