Rolling mills and bridges on the Antietam Creek, 1872. 'Old Bridge and Mill, Antietam - Antietam Rolling-Mill - Burnside Bridge'. Burnside's Bridge near Sharpsburg, Maryland, USA, played a key role in the Battle of Antietam in September 1862 during the American Civil War. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]