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| The scenery at Antietam is so
beautiful yet so sobering when one realizes how much blood was shed here. |
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| One of the many beautiful
monuments erected to represent the location of different brigades during the
battle. The "lopsidedness" is easily seen by the presence of many more
Union monuments on the battlefield. The Rebs didn't stand a chance. |
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| Harley loved his day out. |
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| We purchased a tour CD that led
us through an 8 1/2 mile auto tour through the battlefield. We
learned, among many other things, that six generals were killed or mortally
wounded at the Battle of Antietam - 3 Union and 3 Confederate |
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| One of the beautiful old
farmhouses that survived the battle. |
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| Rohrbach Bridge, later renamed
Burnside's Bridge, over the Antietam Creek: Union forces, under the
command of Ambrose Burnside, suffered heavy casualties trying to cross this
bridge, on the morning of September 17, 1862. |
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| Before leaving the area, we made a stop
along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park. Operating
for nearly 100 years, the C & O Canal was a lifeline for communities along
the Potomac River as coal, lumber and agricultural products floated down the
waterway to market. Now the towpath trail has been converted to a 184
1/2 mile hiking trail. |
