We then went to Antietam National Battlefield. It is the site of the "bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War". The 3rd and 4th picture show the Sunken Road which is also called the Bloody Lane. The casualties of war "were lying in rows like the ties of a railroad, in heaps like cordwood mingled with the splintered and shattered fence rails". It is just so hard to imagine what that battle was like. You follow a map along an 8.5 mile road stopping at various historical sites along the way. The last pic shows just a couple of the monuments that are along the tour route. Really made us wish we had paid more attention in school when we were taught about the Civil War.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Crystal Grottoes Caverns and Antietam
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Is that a pic of "bloody lane"? It looks like the war day photos.
Yes it is, standing there sent a chill up your spine!
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