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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1296289, member: 13650&quot;]We visited there and Antietam back in the fall of 2007.&nbsp; It was an amazing experience for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; You know, you get used to seeing the movies about it which show relatively small groups clashing in front of the cameras.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; But when you get there, the actual scope and magnitude of it sets in.&nbsp;&nbsp; We ate at that restaurant where Picketts charge happened.&nbsp;&nbsp; One of the workers seemed to be very knowledgable of the subject.&nbsp; He pointed out the tree lines that the confederate lines stretched over to and I was amazed.&nbsp; Then he said there were three lines that long!&nbsp; &nbsp; Then you stand on little round top and imagine fighting for your life as the waves are driving up it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thinking if they get there, you&#039;re a goner.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; It makes you realize how relatively easy we have it nowadays.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I thought it was cool how much battle damage was left in it&#039;s original condition around the town.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s a building downtown with a random artilery shell still stuck in the wall up by the eves and a building that had a wall facing cemetery hill.&nbsp; The wall has about 100 bullet holes in it and was left that way.&nbsp; It&#039;s a restaurant now that we ate at while staying nearby.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;At Antietam, you can walk down the &quot;Bloody Lane&quot; and realize thousands of confederates died right there in that trench.&nbsp; You look out of it at the short hill in front of you and can imagine union lines charging over it at you.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; I can&#039;t imagine having to march as far as they did, let alone having to fight afterwards.&nbsp; &nbsp; On a side note, it is a beautiful area with the mountains all around.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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