We took a driving tour of the park and the first stop we made was at Dunker Church. The battle began here when General Hooker launched an attack against Confederate defenders commanded by Stonewall Jackson. The original building fell down in a storm after the war, but they rebuilt it to look exactly the same.
The Cornfield was another place where major fighting took place. Apparently, some farmers still own the land and place corn there every year.
Bloody Lane was the center of the Confederate line and was the second place where the battle took place. Both sides suffered heavy causalities during the fighting here.
Our last stop was at Burnside's Bridge. This was the last part of the battle and took place in the afternoon. Union troops were mowed down by the Confederates as they tried to cross this small bridge. The Confederates held the higher ground which made it even harder for Union troops.
Antietam was one of the most influential battles in our history and thankfully the National Parks Department has done a great job of preserving this piece of American history.
3 comments:
Over 140 years later? OVER 140 years later??? All three of you were on the newspaper staff... one was the assistant editor for two years... one was the EDITOR IN CHIEF for two years... and you write OVER 140 years later?
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I am SO disappointed in you.
Wait, you guys are journalists?
I never would have guessed by the detailed daily reports! :)
As you can clearly see, this post was written by Miles. Miles, as you may recall, was our ad rep. We never let him write copy. And it's not like we're going to run these updates through the copy system before we post them. Seriously!
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