New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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1 Antietam

While most of this trip

takes place in Virginia,

there is Civil War

ground to be covered in

neighboring Maryland,

a border state officially

allied with the Union

yet close enough to the

South to have Southern

sympathies. Confederate

General Robert E Lee,

hoping to capitalize on a

friendly populace, tried

to invade Maryland

early in the conflict.

The subsequent Battle

of Antietam, fought in

Sharpsburg, MD, on

September 17, 1862, has

the dubious distinction of

marking the bloodiest day

in American history. The

battle site is preserved

at Antietam National

Battlefield (%301-432-5124;

http://www.nps.gov/anti; 5831 Dunker

Church Rd, Sharpsburg, MD;

h8:30am-around 6pm) in the

corn-and-hill country of

north-central Maryland.

As befits an engagement

that claimed 22,000

casualties in the course

of a single, nightmarish

day, even the local

geographic nomenclature

has become violent. An

The Civil War

23 Tour

The.Civil.War.was.fought.from.1861–65.in.the.

nation’s.backyards,.and.many.of.those.backyards.

are.between.Washington,.DC.and.Richmond..On.this.

trip.you.will.cross.battlefields.where.over.100,000.

Americans.perished.and.are.buried,.foe.next.to.foe..

Amid.rolling.farmlands,.sunny.hills.and.deep.forests,.

you’ll.discover.a.jarring.juxtaposition.of.bloody.legacy.

and.bucolic.scenery,.and.along.the.way,.the.places.

where.America.forged.her.identity.

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