one tradition that the New England colonies developed is a puritan culture which is believing in just one thing "almighty god"
Greek and Roman/Italic cultures.
Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the apex (highest peak) of the Appalachian mountains.
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It pitted Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia against Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and was the culmination of Lee’s attempt to invade the north. The battle’s outcome would be vital to shaping America’s future, and it remains the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history.