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Dunker Church

The first structure on the tour beyond the visitor center is the Dunker church, which survived the battle of Antietam. According to the bulletin, the church was brought down by a violent storm about 80 years ago, but parts of the original structure were incorporated in the reconstruction.

Never Again!

The Civil War still impacts the United States today, and inside the reconstructed church on the field where occurred the nation's bloodiest day, it is only appropriate to solicit the higher orders that such division does not again lead to such destruction.

Sunken Lane

I confess that when I came upon this ditch, my blood ran cold. Along this sunken lane in 1862, Matthew Brady took his celebrated photographs that demonstrated to an appalled nation all the horrors of the Civil War.

I usually take my self-portraits by standing upright, but here I felt compelled to share the field with the ghosts of the past.

Burnside Bridge

Toward the end of your tour, you'll appear at the celebrated Burnside Bridge, one of the more important landmarks on the battlefield. During the conflict, the arch was contested by thousands of soldiers of the Blue and the Gray.

Armament on the High Ground

Like most other national battlefields, Antietam has its own collection of period field-pieces, such as this row that now overlooks a few peaceful farmsteads.