The Antietam National Battlefield is a National Parks Service-protected battlefield located at the site of the September 1862 Battle of Antietam in Washington County, Maryland. Established on 30 August 1890, the battlefield was transferred to the War Department in 1933 and was added to the NRHP in 1966. A visitor center was constructed in 1962, showing a 26-minute orientation film narrated by James Earl Jones on the hour and half-hour from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Gallery[]
Battlefield scenery[]
Cannons and a memorial at the battlefield
A southward view from the observation tower
The westward view from the observation tower
The northward view from the tower
Another southward view from the tower
Monuments[]
A monument to the New York units
A plaque on the New York monument
A list of the New York slain at Antietam
A list of the New York commands at Antietam
A list of the New York generals at Antietam
A monument to the 59th New York
A monument to the "Old Vermont Brigade"
A monument to the 1st Delaware Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 132nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to William McKinley
A monument to the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 28th Ohio Infnatry Regiment
A monument to the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to Durell's Battery
A monument to the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 30th Ohio Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 124th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 4th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to Clara Barton
A monument to the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 3rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 8th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
A monument to Joseph K. Mansfield
A monument to the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 14th Brooklyn Chasseurs
A monument to the 104th New York Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 128th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the 137th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
A monument to the Irish Brigade
A closeup of the monument
A depiction of Thomas Francis Meagher on the Irish Brigade monument