Burnside Bridge

( Photo by Keving G. Gilbert, Staff Photographer )

Burnside Bridge at Antietam National Battlefield is serene today, but during the Battle of Antietam, the fighting moved to the 125-foot span over Antietam Creek. The bridge, known then as Lower Bridge or Rohrback Bridge, has since been known as Burnside Bridge for the Union general whose troops were held off most of the day by about 400 Georgia riflemen. By 1 p.m., Union soldiers crossed the bridge and headed toward Sharpsburg, but were driven back by rebels who arrived from Harpers Ferry, W.Va.