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As an unlikely, British, Civil War buff (well, as much as an English person can be), I had rememberd the day as well. I have been lucky enough to actually visit Sharpsburg a good few years ago.
Such a lot of suffering for so very little practical gain.
For me, going to some of those battlefields it just gave it a new perspective that you cannot get from maps and pictures.
I felt the same at some WW1 and WW2 battlefields.
Absolutely.
At Antietam walking across Burnside bridge and trying to picture what had occurred there in such close quarters was horrifying. The same could be said for The Cornfield and The Sunken Road.
It does seem a contradiction in terms.I've always wondered how it's possible to have a "civil" war?
I bought my big Chevy outside Gettysburg, went and got it with my pal Dead Dave, who was another history fan, on the weekend of the reenactment.I was in Maryland for my kiddos baseball tournament staying in Frederick which is only a short drive from Sharpsburg. On our way to MD we stumbled across the 150th Anniversary of The Battle of Gettysburg activities. My first time doing both Gettysburg, Antietam and the surrounding areas. After having read, seen pictures of and viewed Ken Burns's outstanding Civil War series, being there in person was as close to a religious experience as one could get.