2008 Battle Anniversary Full Schedule
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Program: Orientation Talk Time: 10:00 a.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Program: Artillery Talk Time: 11:00 a.m. (Duration 45 minutes) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Meet the ranger for a talk on the role of artillery during the Battle of Antietam.
Program: Ranger Led Automobile Tour Time: 1:30 p.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours) Location: Visitor Center Observation Room Description: Ranger provides overview at VisitorCenter, take your own car and meet the ranger at Cornfield, SunkenRoad & BurnsideBridge.
Program: Orientation Talk Time: 3:00 p.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Program: Orientation Talk Time: 4:00 p.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Program: Commemoration Ceremony Location: The DunkerChurch Time: 6:00 p.m.
Program: The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation and the Formation of AntietamNational Battlefield – Timothy B. Smith. Our speaker, the author of a new book on the subject will discuss how Civil War veterans and the Federal government, joined forces to create the first five military parks in the country. One of the earliest of these is Antietam National Battlefield. Smith is a former park ranger at ShilohNationalMilitaryPark and currently is a college history professor. Location: Visitor Center Theater Time: 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Program: Hike (In Depth): The Opening Guns of Battle Time: 8:00 a.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours, distance 2 miles Location: The hike will start and finish at the visitor center. Description: A study of the role Union and Confederate artillery played on the morning of the battle.
Program: Battlefield in a Box Time: 9:00 a.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Program: Ranger Led Automobile Tour Time: 10:00 a.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours) Location: Visitor Center Observation Room Description: A ranger guided tour that will stop at the Cornfield, Sunken Road, and BurnsideBridge.
Program: Hike (Overview-Morning Phase) Time: 10:30 a.m. (Duration 1 ½ hours) Distance: 1 mile Location: In front of the visitor center.
Program: Hike (In Depth): Raise the Colors and Follow Me - The Irish Brigade at Antietam Time: 11:00 a.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours) Distance: 2 miles Location: Meet the ranger at the ObservationTower near the Sunken Road Description: Follow the footsteps of the Irish Brigade and walk their route to the Sunken Road.
Program: Artillery and Infantry Firing Demonstrations Time: 11:00 p.m. (Duration 1 hour) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Learn how artillery and infantry influenced the Battle of Antietam.
Program: Hike (Overview-The Bloody Lane) Time: 12:30 p.m. (Duration 1 ½ hours) Distance: 1 mile Location: In front of the visitor center
Program: Orientation Talk Time: 12:30 p.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Program: Ranger Led Automobile Tour Time: 1:30 p.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours) Location: Visitor Center Observation Room Description: A ranger guided tour that will stop at the Cornfield, Sunken Road, and BurnsideBridge.
Program: Hike (In Depth): MiddleBridge Time: 2:00 p.m. (duration: 2 ½ hours) Distance: 2 miles Location: Hike starts at NationalCemetery parking lot on the MD Rt. 34 Description: This hike will explore the terrain and fighting around the MiddleBridge.
Program: Presentation by Jeffery Wert Location: VisitorCenter Time: 2:00 p.m. Description: The speaker’s new biography of Stuart will have just been released a few days prior to this event. Confederate cavalry leader General J.E.B. Stuart played an important role in both the campaign and battle of Antietam. Find out how he nearly caused Lee’s army great loss at SouthMountain and how he helped save the day on the Confederate left at the Battle of Antietam. Jeffry Wert is the author of seven previous books on the Civil War. His Gettysburg: Day Three was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Program: Artillery and Infantry Firing Demonstrations Time: 2:00 p.m. (Duration 1 hour) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Learn how artillery and infantry influenced the Battle of Antietam.
Program: Hike (Overview-The BurnsideBridge) Time: 2:30 p.m. (Duration: 1 ½ hours) Distance: 1 mile Location: Hike starts at the BurnsideBridge parking area. Description: Hike focuses on the action at BurnsideBridge and the final attacks that ended the day.
Program: The NationalCemetery Time: 3:00 p.m. (Duration 45 minutes) Location: NationalCemetery Description: A ranger led tour of the NationalCemetery.
Program: Artillery and Infantry Firing Demonstrations Time: 4:00 p.m. (Duration 1 hour) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Learn how artillery and infantry influenced the Battle of Antietam.
Program: Orientation Talk Time: 4:30 p.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: VisitorCenter Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Program: Hike (In Depth): The I and XII Corps at Antietam Time: 8:00 a.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours) Distance: 2 miles Location: Tour Stop #2, The North Woods (This hike will start and end at Tour Stop #2) Description: Follows the role the I and XII Corps played on the morning of the battle.
Program: Battlefield in a Box Time: 9:00 a.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: Visitor Center Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Program: Ranger Led Automobile Tour Time: 10:00 p.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours) Location: Visitor Center Observation Room Description: A ranger guided tour that will stop at the Cornfield, Sunken Road, and Burnside Bridge.
Program: Hike (Overview-Morning Phase) Time: 10:30 a.m. (Duration 1 ½ hours) Distance: 1 mile Location: In front of the visitor center.
Program: Hike (In Depth): Photography at Antietam Time: 11:00 a.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours) Distance: 2 miles Location: New York State Monument near the visitor center. Description: This hike will explore the locations of historic Antietam photographs.
Program: Artillery and Infantry Firing Demonstrations Time: 11:00 p.m. (Duration 1 hour) Location: Visitor Center Description: Learn how artillery and infantry influenced the Battle of Antietam.
Program: Hike (Overview-The Bloody Lane) Time: 12:30 p.m. (Duration 1 ½ hours) Distance: 1 mile Location: In front of the visitor center.
Program: Orientation Talk Time: 12:30 p.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: Visitor Center Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Program: Ranger Led Automobile Tour Time: 1:30 p.m. (Duration 2 ½ hours) Location: Visitor Center Observation Room Description: A ranger guided tour that will stop at the Cornfield, Sunken Road, and Burnside Bridge.
Program: Hike (In Depth): The Final Attack Time: 2:00 p.m. (duration: 2 ½ hours) Distance: 2 miles Location: Hike starts at Tour Stop #9, The Burnside Bridge Parking Lot Description: This hike will explore the final Union and Confederate attacks that ended the day.
Program: Artillery and Infantry Firing Demonstrations Time: 2:00 p.m. (Duration 1 hour) Location: Visitor Center Description: Learn how artillery and infantry influenced the Battle of Antietam.
Program: Presentation by Robert Eberly Location: Visitor Center Time: 2:00 p.m. Description: “Die Like Men: Don’t Run Like Dogs”: The PennsylvaniaReserves at Antietam The Pennsylvania Reserves were sent in at the beginning of the Battle of Antietam and fought there throughout the morning, suffering heavy casualties. Based on the research for his highly acclaimed book on the 8th Pennsylvania Reserves, Mr. Eberly will present a lively presentation on the fighting in the “Cornfield” and East Woods using numerous first hand soldier accounts.
Program: Hike (Overview-The Burnside Bridge) Time: 2:30 p.m. (Duration: 1 ½ hours) Distance: 1 mile Location: Hike starts at the Burnside Bridge parking area. Description: Hike focuses on the action at Burnside Bridge and the final attacks that ended the day.
Program: The Aftermath of Battle Time: 3:00 p.m. (Duration 45 minutes) Location: Visitor Center Description: A short discussion on the aftermath of the battle.
Program: Orientation Talk Time: 4:00 p.m. (Duration 30 minutes) Location: Visitor Center Description: Join the ranger for an overview of the battle.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
A special hike, Morning in the Cornfield, will meet at tour stop 4, The Cornfield. This program starts at 7:00 a.m. and will last an hour. An all day hike of the battlefield will take place Wednesday, September 17th. The hike will be in two parts with the first one starting at 9:00 a.m. near the park visitor center. The afternoon hike will begin at the National Cemetery Parking Lot, on the north side of MD. RT. 34 across from the National Cemetery. The starting time for this program is 1:30 p.m. and the hike will end back at the lot at approximately 5:00 p.m. |
Did You Know?
William McKinley served at Antietam as a Commissary Sergeant in the 23rd Ohio Infantry before becoming the nation’s 25th President. A monument to him at Antietam was dedicated in his memory on October 13, 1903, two years after he was assassinated.