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

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area known as the Sunken

Road turned into ‘Bloody

Lane’ after bodies were

stacked there. In the park’s

cemetery, many of the

Union gravestones bear

the names of Irish and

German immigrants who

died in a country they had

only recently adopted.

The Drive » Take MD-65 south

out of Antietam to the town of

Sharpsburg. From here, take

MD-34 east for 6 miles, then turn

right onto US 40A (eastbound).

Take US 40A for 11 miles, then

merge onto US 70 south,

followed 3 miles later by US 270

(bypassing Frederick). Take 270

south to the Beltway (I-495);

access exit 45B to get to I-66

east, which will eventually lead

you to the National Mall, where

the next stops are located.

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Washington, DC, was

the capital of the Union

during the Civil War, just

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Maryland’s

National Historic

Road

For another look into the

past, go east from Antietam

to the picturesque and

historic Frederick.

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Along the C&O

Canal

Enjoy the scenery as you

head 10 miles southwest

of Antietam to the bucolic

Harpers Ferry.

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