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Hitt Bridge (Upper Bridge)

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  • Keedysville Road over Antietam Creek Keedysville, MD 21756

Hitt Bridge is one of three stone arch bridges significant in the Battle of Antietam.

The Hitt Bridge (sometimes called the Upper Bridge) was named for local landholder Samuel Hitt, and was completed in 1830 by Silas Harry. Its distinguishing feature is its unusually high center arch. The bridge was the main artery for Union troops on their way to engage the Confederates at Sharpsburg, and was briefly the campsite of General Joseph Mansfield’s Union XII Corps.

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