Taking the Burnside Bridge

[ErnieMac]

This really happened to me too. I'd read about the bridge, seen the paintings and pictures. But until you stand on the bluffs looking down upon the bridge, only then does the whole thing make sense. Which illustrates how important it is to visit these battlefields

20 years ago my wife and I walked the line of Hood's advance into the Cornfield. At the time much of their route was in private hands, not part of the Antietam Battlefield. The owner allowed tour groups passage on the anniversary weekend. Actually walking the ground gives a mental picture that photos and paintings can't.

 

[Moe Daoust]

For more on the taking of Burnside's Bridge, please see my article in the following thread. https://civilwartalk.com/threads/burnside-and-his-bridge-a-matter-of-time.146945/

 

[Moe Daoust]

"Sept 17th fell in about 6 Oclock A.M. and waited for orders. The fight had been going [on?] since early in the morning and seemed to be very heavy on the right of us, where Hooker was engaged, about 9 A.M. our Division was ordered to take a bridge which crossed Antietam creek and which w[as] defended by temporar[y] breastworks. ]

I'm highly indebted to you for posting this John being that it serves as yet one more piece of substantiating evidence to support my article. (See https://civilwartalk.com/threads/burnside-and-his-bridge-a-matter-of-time.146945/)

 

[Legion Para]