SHARPSBURG — As visitors looked on from behind a black chainlink fence last week, workers continued to piece back together one of the most iconic stone-arch bridges in the country.

It served a key role in the 1862 Battle of Antietam when a small number of Confederates defending the critical crossing held off Union forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside for several hours.

Opened in 1836, the bridge played a key role in the Battle of Antietam, fought on Sept. 17, 1862, and known as the bloodiest single-day of battle in American history with 23,110 casualties.

Bloody Lane and Burnside Bridge -- Antietam. By . Jim Lehrer. ... Md., more than 23,000 young men of the North and South fell dead or wounded in the Civil War's Battle of Antietam.

SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) -- The National Park Service says part of a stone wall of the Burnside Bridge at Antietam National Battlefield has fallen into Antietam Creek. The agency said Friday that it ...

Managers of Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg say a $1.7 million restoration of the park's most photographed feature will keep it closed to visitors during the busy summer season.