Dr. Charles W. Simmons

Historical marker location:

500 N Caroline St, Dunbar-Broadway, Maryland

( Marker is on North Caroline Street just north of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2010

Founder and President of Sojourner-Douglass College.

The Battle of Antietam was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War: The Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862, was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. More than 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing after 12 hours of fighting. The battle is considered a turning point in the war, as it gave President Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.