House for sale near site of the ‘deadliest one-day battle’ in US history. See inside

TJ Macias

Based on its charming, sunshine yellow exterior with bright blue window shutters, you wouldn’t know that this 1,585-square-foot home on the real estate market in Sharpsburg, Maryland, is close to a site with such a dark – and bloody – history.

Interior
Interior

Built in 1856, the three-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom house, which is listed for $315,000, is in close proximity to Antietam Battlefield, a site where 23,000 soldiers were “killed, wounded or missing” in a single day in 1862 during the Civil War, according to the National Park Service.

Living room
Living room

The deadly battle “ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation,” NPS reported.

It’s remembered as the “deadliest one-day battle” in the U.S., according to the listing on Realtor.com.

Kitchen
Kitchen

The house has a pleasant interior with hardwood floors and modern amenities.

Per the listing on Realtor.com, features include:

  • New water heater

  • Repainted interior

  • Cooking kitchen fireplace

  • Huge lawn

  • Chicken coop

  • Summer kitchen

  • Storage space

Bedroom
Bedroom

The home was featured on Friday Night Zillow, a Twitter segment run by Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis.

“Sharpsburg Main Street home built before the Civil War, steps from Antietam National Battlefield, site of the bloodiest day in American history,” he tweeted, along with photos of the house.

Bedroom
Bedroom

Sharpsburg is about 70 miles northwest of Baltimore.

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