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 Artillery at Antietam (NPS)



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The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
Tour dates: May 2-5, 2019 — headquarters hotel: Hagerstown, Maryland


In the time that I am writing every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before. It was never my fortune to witness a more bloody, dismal battlefield.
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—Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, Commander,
​I Corps, Army of the Potomac

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Walk the battlefield next spring with renowned Maryland Campaign historian Thomas Clemens. Professor Clemens will conduct a comprehensive examination of the sites and scenes of the bloodiest day of battle in American history. 

We'll gather on Thursday evening for a pizza reception at our hotel, and to hear an orientation talk by our guide. Friday and Saturday will be all-day bus and walking tours of Harpers Ferry, Sharpsburg and the Antietam battlefield proper, and the Battle of Shepherdstown (aka, Battle of Boteler's Ford).

Tour Itinerary
THURSDAY (May 2): check into our headquarters hotel (Hampton Inn, Hagerstown: details below).
6:30 p.m. Pizza Reception in the hotel meeting room: pick up your registration packets, and meet your host and guide. 
7:30 p.m. Tom Clemens will present an overview of the Maryland Campaign, and Battle of Antietam, and set the stage of the next day's tour with a talk entitled:
"Intentions; the Good, the Bad and the Unforeseen."

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FRIDAY (May 3):
Start with your Hampton free hot breakfast
Board Bus at 7:45 a.m.

Bus departs hotel at: 8:00 a.m.
8:30 am Arrive at Best Farm, Monocacy National Battlefield Visitor’s Center; we'll cover the arrival in Maryland and campaign through Lee’s departure and McClellan’s arrival; discussion of the fateful Special Orders 191.
Approx. 9:30 a.m. — Depart for Harpers Ferry. We'll cover the siege and capture, Bolivar Heights, Schoolhouse Ridge, the cavalry escape, and Maryland Heights. 
11:00 a.m. — Depart for Crampton’s Gap, cover Franklin’s march and approach, drive by Brownsville Pass.  Burkitsville, Gathland.
Stop for lunch [provided]
Approx. 1:00 p.m. — Depart for Turner’s Gap, stop at Mountain House.  First Corps attack.
Approx. 1:45 p.m. — Walk to Fox’s Gap — Ninth Corps attack
4:00 p.m. — Bus picks up the group at Fox’s Gap; Drive through Keedysville to Pry House overlook
5:00 p.m. — Day One tour concludes, return to hotel.
Dinner on your own. 

 
SATURDAY (May 4): 
Start with your Hampton free hot breakfast
Board Bus at 7:45 a.m.

Bus departs hotel at: 8:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m. — Overview from Visitor Center at Antietam National Battlefield. 
Poffenberger Woods fight (September 16)
North Woods
Cornfield and East Woods
West Woods
Lunch on the field [provided]
Mumma and Roulette farms
Sunken Road
Middle Bridge

Burnside Bridge
and Ninth Corps Attack
Shepherdstown Ford
(if time allows)
No evening event scheduled. Dinner on your own.


SUNDAY (May 5): optional outing (via carpool). Rides will be coordinated for anyone who needs one (maps provided).
Start with your Hampton free hot breakfast

The Battle of Shepherdstown (or Boteler's Ford)
10:00 a.m. for one-to-two hours. Adjourn by noon.

Recommended Reading
links and resources

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about our guide

Tom Clemens is a founder and current president of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation, and has played a central role in helping preserve the field and associated sites. His essential contributions to the literature on Antietam include the monumental work as editor and annotator of the Maryland Campaign study by Ezra Carman, published in three volumes by Savas Beatie Publishers.

Tom is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on Antietam, as well as one of the most engaging and entertaining tour guides available. 

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Photos: Antietam National Cemetery; the Maryland Monument with Dunker Church in the background; Burnside Bridge (credit: NPS)

Headquarters Hotel 
Hampton Inn, 18300 Peak Circle, Hagerstown, MD 21742
$99 per night (plus 12% tax) for 2 queens or 1 king. Newly renovated (2018); free hot breakfast included. You can call 
the hotel directly at 240-420-1970 to reserve a room within the Battle of Antietam block (code; BOA), OR place your reservation online by clicking here. 
Lodging is not included in the tour registration. 
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  • 2022 Tours
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  • Recommended Reading
    • RECOMMENDED READING: Billy the Kid
    • RECOMMENDED READING: War on the Northern Plains
    • RECOMMENDED READING: The Apache Wars
    • RECOMMENDED READING (Past Tours) >
      • Civil War to Cold War
      • Antietam
      • Rosebud and the Little Bighorn
  • More Info
    • Past Tour Itineraries >
      • 2021: The Apache Wars
      • 2021: War on the Northern Plains
      • 2019: Civil War to Cold War
      • 2019: Antietam
      • 2018: Battles of the Rosebud and the Little Bighorn
      • Past Civil War tours (1997-2018)
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