Antietam Creek, Maryland

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geographical feature stream waterway

Antietam Creek in Maryland is a historic waterway best known as the site of the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest and most consequential engagements of the American Civil War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Antietam Creek, Maryland canonical 2
Antietam Creek 1
Antietam National Battlefield vicinity 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
stream ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
associatedWithConflict American Civil War ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Antietam ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossedBy Burnside Bridge ⓘ
flowsThrough Franklin County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Washington County, Maryland ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance site of major Civil War battle in 1862 ⓘ
hasVariantName Antietam Creek, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Antietam ⓘ
role in the American Civil War ⓘ
locatedIn Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
mouthLocation Potomac River ⓘ
surface form: Potomac River near Sharpsburg, Maryland
near Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
Hagerstown, Maryland ⓘ
Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
partOf Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
surface form: Chesapeake Bay watershed
region Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
state Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
tributaryOf Potomac River ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
watershedArea part of the Potomac River basin ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Civil War → significantPlace → Antietam Creek, Maryland ⓘ
Jefferson County, West Virginia → hasHistoricSite → Antietam Creek, Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antietam National Battlefield vicinity
Antietam Creek, Maryland → hasVariantName → Antietam Creek, Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Antietam Creek
Battle of Antietam → location → Antietam Creek, Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antietam Creek
Antietam Creek → isAlsoKnownAs → Antietam Creek, Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sharpsburg Creek