The Cornfield

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The Cornfield is a historically significant field at Antietam where some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the American Civil War occurred.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location
historic battlefield site
alsoKnownAs Miller Cornfield
approximateArea about 24 acres
battlefieldFeatureType farmer’s cornfield
casualtiesDescription thousands of killed, wounded, and missing in a few hours
combatant Army of Northern Virginia
surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

Army of the Potomac
surface form: Union Army of the Potomac
commandedBy Abner Doubleday
Alexander Hays
Harry T. Hays
John Bell Hood
Joseph Hooker
Stonewall Jackson
William D. Pender
commemoratedBy battlefield monuments
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentUse interpreted historic landscape
dateOfEvent September 17, 1862
hasNearbyLandmark Dunker Church
East Woods
Hagerstown Pike
North Woods
West Woods
historicalReputation one of the bloodiest pieces of ground in the Civil War
includedIn National Register of Historic Places listing for Antietam National Battlefield
locatedIn Antietam National Battlefield
near Sharpsburg, Maryland
managedBy National Park Service
notableFor close‑range musketry
fierce infantry combat
heavy casualties
repeated charges and countercharges
ownedByDuringBattle David R. Miller
partOf American Civil War
Battle of Antietam
partOfLargerAction morning phase of the Battle of Antietam
preservedAs part of a National Park Service battlefield
significance symbol of the brutality of Civil War combat
strategicImportance ground changing hands multiple times
key approach to the Confederate left flank
timePeriod American Civil War
tourism visited by Civil War tourists and historians

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