After arriving from the Day 4 of the MA BDR, we went for lunch and during the free afternoon went to visit Antietam Battle Field.
“Dawn approached slowly through the fog on September 17, 1862. As soldiers tried to wipe away the dampness, cannons began to roar and sheets of flame burst forth from hundreds of rifles, opening a twelve hour tempest that swept across the rolling farm fields in western Maryland. A clash between North and South that changed the course of the Civil War, helped free over four million Americans, devastated Sharpsburg, and still ranks as the bloodiest one-day battle in American history.”
There is so much to speak about this battle but for me the most interesting stories are how defending a bridge made all the difference even though later the Union soldiers found that they could have crossed directly over the creek somewhere else but by then it was too late.
The other is that even though a cemetery was approved for both Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the battle to lay side by side, today you see that the cemetery only has Union soldiers as Confederate soldiers were not allowed. They are buried in a different place.l and n the area.
I stopped at the Visitor Centre, got a map and then rode the motorcycle around the battlefield reading the material they gave me so I would understand better the battle.
It was a very well spent afternoon where I learned a lot and felt a lot.
Make a Life a Ride !
Facebook post with some photos of the day
Randy Gilbert view of Antietam
Click HERE for all the photos and videos of Day 4
“Dawn approached slowly through the fog on September 17, 1862. As soldiers tried to wipe away the dampness, cannons began to roar and sheets of flame burst forth from hundreds of rifles, opening a twelve hour tempest that swept across the rolling farm fields in western Maryland. A clash between North and South that changed the course of the Civil War, helped free over four million Americans, devastated Sharpsburg, and still ranks as the bloodiest one-day battle in American history.”
There is so much to speak about this battle but for me the most interesting stories are how defending a bridge made all the difference even though later the Union soldiers found that they could have crossed directly over the creek somewhere else but by then it was too late.
The other is that even though a cemetery was approved for both Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the battle to lay side by side, today you see that the cemetery only has Union soldiers as Confederate soldiers were not allowed. They are buried in a different place.l and n the area.
I stopped at the Visitor Centre, got a map and then rode the motorcycle around the battlefield reading the material they gave me so I would understand better the battle.
It was a very well spent afternoon where I learned a lot and felt a lot.
Make a Life a Ride !
Facebook post with some photos of the day
Randy Gilbert view of Antietam
Click HERE for all the photos and videos of Day 4
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