Returned to Antietam 2 days ago after a while.
Most well preserved? Not by far, until they grow corn in the Cornfield and trees in the East Woods. There are so many false vision lines, including this:
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I have been there in the last couple years where the cornfield was completely grown in - I guess like another post mentioned they have to give the ground a rest at times - my "well preserved" comment was not about cornfields or the exact location of woods, etc - I was really commenting on how the entire area from South Mountain to Antietam (Sharpsburg) has so little development that apart from paved roads, housing developments (and the always poorly placed Visitor Centers) it is remarkable how untarnished this part of Maryland has remained.Returned to Antietam 2 days ago after a while.
Most well preserved? Not by far, until they grow corn in the Cornfield and trees in the East Woods. There are so many false vision lines, including this:
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I have been there in the last couple years where the cornfield was completely grown in - I guess like another post mentioned they have to give the ground a rest at times - my "well preserved" comment was not about cornfields or the exact location of woods, etc - I was really commenting on how the entire area from South Mountain to Antietam (Sharpsburg) has so little development that apart from paved roads, housing developments (and the always poorly placed Visitor Centers) it is remarkable how untarnished this part of Maryland has remained.
That's an awesome view of what Hooker's troops could see if they got to the other side of the CornfieldView attachment 144318 Here's a picture I took about a week ago from Cornfield Ave. looking towards the Visitor's Center and Dunker Church. The house site was seeded and is all grown up with nice tall grass looks nice.
That's an awesome view of what Hooker's troops could see if they got to the other side of the Cornfield
yes - that swale is still thereThey did. Greene's division was in the swale where the visitors center sits today. The problem was holding it when McLaws arrived.