Maryland
Sharpsburg
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stems
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: and embossed local druggist, and beer bottles behind the old town lots, with battlefield-period surface material a legal minefield to avoid..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1920s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal a short way south of the village; Antietam Creek nearby.
Old canal-side village with the Sanborn coverage confirming a built-out core; the surrounding federal battlefield land makes access legally tight.
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