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Candlelight tribute honors Civil War's Antietam dead
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Go with correspondent Jonathan Aiken to the fields at Antietam.
December 6, 1999
Web posted at: 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT)
SHARPSBURG, Maryland (CNN) -- In 1862, more than 23,000 men and boys died in the Civil War battle of Antietam. On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered at that site in Maryland for a spectacular candlelight tribute to those who gave their lives in the bloodiest battle in American history.
Watch the video to see the glowing memorial.
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