Antietam Battlefield - Civil War

Antietam was the bloodies one day battle of the Civil War. By the end of the day over 23,000 men lay dead on the field. The Maryland MonumentBloody Lane Trail. Just beyond this point 2,000 Confederate soldiers stood and took aim at 10,000 Union members as they tried to take this field.Bloody Lane is also known as Sunken Road which is visable with the tire tracks. You can see there is a trench here. To the right is the Bloody Lane that held the Confederate soldiers and on the left came the Union soldiers to attack. They were picked off en masse by the Confederates at the top of the ridge.
Another view of the Sunken RoadAn aerial view of the Sunken Road, from atop the observation tower.This is a picture taken shortly after the battle. Union soldiers, by the thousands, lay dead on the Sunken Road. Dunker Church was built in 1852 by the pacisfist group German Baptist Brethren. The church became a focal point for the Union attack.Inside the churchA longer view of the churchA picture taken shortly after battle, dead soldiers in the foreground, church in the background.The Poffenberger Farm which is where General Hooker and Union soldiers camped the night before the attack. Another view of the farm. Union Monument in front of the farm. The Mumma Family Farm. This property was the deliberately destroyed by the Confederates for fear that the Union sharpshooters would use the buildings to hide behind. Several of the outbuildings (not shown) survived the fire but the house didn't. The Mumma family rebuilt it after the war.

The Farm and BarnsThe Mumma Family Cemetery. Another family owned the property from 1763 and many of those graves still exist. An aerial view of the battlefield with the Mumma farm in the backgroundAn aerial view of the battlefields. The Burnside Bridge. 500 Confederate soldiers held this bridge for three hours of battle before the Union forces overtook them and the bridge. A sketch of the bridge during the battle. You can see it looks much like it did back during the battle. Monuments to various regiments. Another view of the bridge. Me on the observation tower.Antietam National Cemetery.

Tools and accoutrements from the war.A surgeons tools....can you imagine!!!!President Lincoln visited the battlefield.

Washington DC

The Executive Mansion - The White House

The Capitol Building where Congress meets

Congressman Putnam who is our representative from Bartow, Florida

The House of Representatives Chamber of Congress

Inside the Capitol building

Inside the First Senate Chamber of 1787

Capitol Dome mural painting with George Washington center

The walls and ceilings

Representative Building

Senate Building

Wasington Monument

National Archives is where our most important documents are housed

American's most sacred documents

Declaration of Independence

Constitution, 1st page

Constitution, last page with signatures

Jefferson Memorial

Another side of the Jefferson Memorial

Inside the Jefferson Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Abraham Lincoln

Ford's Theatre where the Lincolns attended the play, My American Cousin

The balcony box where Lincoln was assasinated

Lincoln was moved to this house afterwards, where he lingered unconscious for many hours before dying

The actual bed that he died in

Arlington Cemetery, the nations cemetery for veterans of all of America's wars. The home of Robert E Lee is in the background. Robert is descended from the original Lee's who were many of our Founding Fathers and of First Families of Virginia. He married a descendent of Martha Washington. The Federal government confiscated his land during the Civil War and began burials of Union soldiers here.

The graves of John F. Kennedy and the Eternal Flame. Lee home on the hill

The unending rows and rows and rows of veterans.

Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.