Monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee
|
Dedicated: June 24, 2005 
Monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee NPS Photo Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA Army of Northern Virginia General Lee led his troops along this road into Sharpsburg on September 15, 1862. Outmanned 2-1 he would outmaneuver the Federals on the 17th. Although hoping for a decisive victory Lee had to settle for a military draw. Robert E. Lee was personally against secession and slavery, but decided his duty was to fight for his home and the universal right of every people to self-determination. |
Did You Know?
Union General John Gibbon who served at Antietam and fought in the infamous Cornfield had three brothers who served in the Confederate army.