Into the Weeds at Antietam

[@derekrupert2013]

Great discussion

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

We walked it last year. It’s amazing. It’s one battlefield that hiring an official guide is money well spent.

[@emergingcivilwar8965]

There are some good ones up there--ECW's own Kevin Pawlak included!

[@keithanderson6465]

Thank you all so much! I know this is a place I will have to visit.

[@MayoFilms83]

I need to get this one. I had two great great grandfathers that fought there in the bloody lane at 4th NC Infantry and the 30th North Carolina Infantry.

[@texmexfla]

Thanks for "getting into the weeds"

[@tberkoff]

To quote George Pickett (sorta), I would like to think the Federals had something to do with taking the sunken road. The Federals eventually found the Confederate right flank and the 5th NH, and two New York regiments commanded by Colonel Francis Barlow, took high ground and managed to enfilade the Confederate right flank.

[@emergingcivilwar8965]

Here's the original conversation we did for the American Battlefield Trust that inspired this talk: facebook.com/americanbattlefieldtrust/posts/10158332830173851

[@tberkoff]

Kevin, I think you meant 700 total casualties at Shepherdstown, not 7000. And the Confederates would lose four artillery pieces; Pendleton was mistaken.