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THAT WHICH HAPPENED THERE IN THE 1860'S
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Antietam is a very important lesson in American History. Visit if you can.
doug48 Says: after general burnside captured rohrbach bridge the bridge became a bottleneck for soldiers, artillery, and wagons which caused another two hour delay in his attack on general lee's line. by 2:30 pm general a. p. hill had arrived from harpers ferry with 3,000 reinforcements....
doug48 Says: located between stops 6 and 7 on the battlefield auto tour is the vermont monument. this simple granite monument honors:general w. t. h. brooks2 nd division, sixth corpsmajor james h. walbridge2 nd regimentmajor thomas d. seaver3 rd regimentcolonel charles b. stoughton4 th...
doug48 Says: clara barton is best known as the founder of the american red cross after the civil war. it was thought that clara barton tended to the wounded at joseph poffenberger farm during the battle of antietam. recent research suggests that barton actually served as a nurse at the...
doug48 Says: the rohrbach bridge more commonly known as the burnside bridge is one of the most famous structures in the battle of antietam. union general ambrose burnside was ordered to cross this bridge and attack the confederate southern flank. the bridge was defended by 2 nd and 20...
doug48 Says: while the cornfield remained a bloody statemate union advances a few hundred yards to the west were more successful. general john gibbon's 4 th brigade, (iron brigade) began advancing down hagerstown turnpike in the direction of dunker church. they were halted by a charge of...
doug48 Says: as union forces emerged from the north woods south into miller's cornfield, an artillery duel erupted. confederate fire from j. e. b. stuart's horse artillery batteries from the west and colonel s. d. lee from dunker church to the south converged on the cornfield. union...
doug48 Says: near the visitor center and dunker church are serveral large monuments. this massive monument is the state of new york monument. troops from the state of new york were commanded by generals fitz john porter and edwin sumner. the state of new york monument is at stop number 1...
doug48 Says: antietam national cemetery was established in 1865 and was dedicated in 1867 for the reinternment of union dead in the battle of antietam. there are over 4,000 graves in the cemetery of which over 1,800 are unknown. the focal point of the cemetery is the massive statue of...
doug48 Says: john otto was a farmer and a pastor at dunker church. after general burnside's capture of rohrbach bridge the forces of maxcy gregg's south carolina brigade attacked the 16 th connecticut brigade in otto's field. the otto farm is located between stops 9 and 10 on the...
doug48 Says: after the capture of rohrback bridge general burnside's forces began to move west towards general lee's defensive line on harpers ferry road. the sherrick farm was located in the center of burnsides troop movements. sherrick farm is located between stops number 9 and 10 on...
doug48 Says: william mc kinley enlisted in the union army as a private at the outbreak of the civil war. at the battle of antietam mc kinley was a sargent in the 23 rd ohio regiment commanded by future president rutherford b. hayes. by the end of the civil war mc kinley had risen to the...
doug48 Says: the irish brigade was formed in november 1861. the brigade was largely recruited in massachusetts, new york, and pennsylvania. the brigade fought in all of the major campaigns of the army of the potomac. the irish brigade lost over 4,000 men during the war. eleven members of...
doug48 Says: the observation tower was built by the war department in 1896 in order to create an open air military classroom at antietam. the war department also built roads and placed cannons around the battlefield. the war department established five national military parks in the...
doug48 Says: this is a very unusual monument because it honors both union and confederate regiments. maryland was a boarder state during the civil war and many residents chose different sides to fight on. this monument honors,baltimore light infantry CSApurnell legion USAfirst maryland...
20 th new york regiment monument
doug48 Says: this monument honors the troops of the 20 th regiment new york volunteer infantry also known as turner's rifles. the regiments casualties were 38 killed, 96 wounded, and 11 missing.the 20th new york regiment monument is located at stop number 1 on the battlefield auto tour.
doug48 Says: around 9:00 am the union advanced on the confederate line in the direction of sharpsburg. general john sedgwick had advanced west across hagerstown turnpike, general george greene was attacking dunker church, and general edwin sumner was moving south and west towards the...
Routing from Antietam to Gettysburg
atufft Says: Antietam is located in Maryland, near the border of West Virginia, not far from Interstate 81, one of the major north-south freeways along the east coast of the USA. From Martinsburg, take WV45 and WV480 until the Maryland border where WV480 becomes into MD34. These narrow...
mtncorg Says: Several farmsteads were the site of heavy fighting during the battle of Antietam. This farm was burnt down by the Confederates so Federal soldiers could not use the house to shelter would-be sharpshooters. The farm was rebuilt - rather successfully as you see - passing into...
doug48 Says: mt. airy plantation house also known as grove farm was built in 1821. this 2 1/2 story flemish bond brick house with federal and greek revival elements was the meeting place of president lincoln and general mc clellan two weeks after the battle of antietam. lincoln was...
doug48 Says: mount olivet cemetery is located in frederick maryland. this is one of several cemeteries were confederate dead were reinturned after the battle of antietam. since the antietam national cemetery was restricted to union dead the confederates had to buried elsewhere. the mount...
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The setting of the battlefield centers on Dunker Church with the collection of canon's just across the road. Surprisingly, Dunker Church was neither turned into...
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ANTIETAM - HIGWATER MARK FOR THE CONFEDERACY
Both the battlefields here at Antietam and at nearby Gettysburg share a rural beauty that can stay with the visitor long after their visit. Antietam is a little harder to get to - you have to look at...
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the battle of antietam also known as the battle of sharpsburg was part of general robert e. lee's maryland campaign and was the first major battle in the civil war to be fought on northern soil....
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Bloodiest Single Day of the American Civil War
This battlefield of cornfields and rolling hills is located near Sharpsburg, a quaint village north of the Mason Dixon line. The town was occupied prior to the arrival of the union forces by Lee's...
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The Bloodiest Day of the Civil War
I'm not much of a Civil War buff, but the allure of two of the most famous battlefields in the country (Antietam and Gettysburg) was too much to keep me away. I doubt many can feel anything but somber...
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September 17, 1862 - America's Bloodiest Day
By the time the Federal armies met the Confederates in this lazy corner of Maryland, the posture of the Civil War had begun to take on a recognizable form. Union general McClellan had always managed...
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