MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · September 17
THE DAY IN HISTORY · SEPTEMBER 17
September 17 in history
1862 — Antietam
17 Sep 1862 — The bloodiest single day in American history: some 23,000 casualties along a Maryland creek, and Lee’s first invasion turned back. Lincoln has the victory he has been waiting for — see the marker at Washington.
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1944
Market Garden: 35,000 airborne troops drop into Holland to seize a corridor of bridges. Arnhem proves “a bridge too far.”
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