Antietam (Sharpsburg) National Battlefield, Spring 2008

I have had an interest in Civil War history for some time. The battle at Antietam was the bloodiest in American history with approximately 23,000 casualties in one day. A lot of those casualties happened at the bridge below over the Antietam Creek. Confederate troops used the hill ridge on the left to concentrate fire on the Union troops who stormed the bridge.

Lots of memorials to the dead. The above one honors New York soldiers and is prominently located near the Visitor's Center.

Maryland is mostly low rolling hills around Antietam. The battlefield allowed artillery to cause much of the causalities of the battle.

This fine monument honors Philadelphia, PA troops


Plenty of wildflowers at this time of year at Antietam.
Not sure what kind of flower this is, but there were plenty of them in the fields.