How do you pronounce the Battle of Antietam?
Is Antietam an Algonquin word?
The name – Antietam – is thought to be derived from an Algonquian phrase meaning “swift water.” Today Antietam Creek is known for the carnage and bloodshed that erupted near its shores on September 17, 1862, but before that, it was an ordinary stream winding its way through an ordinary town filled with ordinary
What is a correct pronunciation?
Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect (“correct pronunciation“) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.
What does Antietam stand for?
Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, (September 17, 1862), in the American Civil War (1861–65), a decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland, an advance that was regarded as one of the greatest Confederate threats to Washington, D.C. The Union name for the battle is derived