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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
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 (4)

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

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

American Civil War → significantPlace → Antietam Creek, Maryland ⓘ