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Atmospheric cinematic artwork inspired by Bloody Lane at Antietam: How an Ordinary Farm Road Became One of the Civil War’s Most Terrible PlacesField note · Sharpsburg · MD

Bloody Lane at Antietam: How an Ordinary Farm Road Became One of the Civil War’s Most Terrible Places

Before September 17, 1862, the Sunken Road was simply a worn farm lane outside Sharpsburg. Three hours of combat and thousands of casualties gave it the name it still carries.

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