Antietam has always held a special place in my heart because I had 3 ancestors that fought there, 1 confederate and 2 union. I've contributed to the preservation of this particular battlefield on multiple occasions and it is definitely money well spent!

This is terrific. Makes me proud to be a member

Another superb demonstration of the good that comes from like-minded people getting together and working to preserve our American history!

Excellent 👍 news the Battlefield of Antietam is being preserved. Sites such as the sunken road ( bloody lane ) , cornfield and the Dunker church ⛪️ bring this battlefield to life and one does get a sense of what the soldiers would have saw on that fateful day back in 1862. Of course Antietam was significant as it allowed President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Thank you 🙏 for all your efforts in preserving our historic battlefields for future generations.

Love the Monty Python shout out lol. Love these vid updates. Just sent funds for Gaines Mill. Let's Go ! 🇺🇸

I was there for the first time last fall and I was very impressed with what I saw. I'm glad I added the extra day to my trip to make the visit 👍

Thank you, Garry.

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Great video, and a wonderful tribute to all of your hard work. Looking forward to my next visit.

I visited Antietam in 1996...and was impressed then by the bits of battlefield that had been preserved. ABT and the other organizations have made great strides, since then, in acquiring and preserving more of that hallowed ground. I'm privileged to be part of that endeavor.

I visited in 2012 and was impressed with the replanting of the woods. I'm glad for everyone that supports our NPS.

I heard Kris White say on the ECW podcast a while back that it's important to know not just the history of the battle, but of the battle *field* itself. That goes for the efforts that have gone into helping tell the stories of the battlefield and the people whose lives were shaped by it. It shaped my family. One of my ancestors was shot in the arm during Antietam while fighting on the Union side

Thank you to everybody that contributed to this and other battlefields all across our beautiful country. I wish we could preserve more land 🌲

We visited Antietam back in the lid-late 1980s. I understood that most of the battlefield wasn't protected but that there was a plan to acquire more of the battlefield. My mother stated that we allegedly had an ancestor who fought there but never heard his name. I was surprised to see the name of our town in a piece of architecture at the end of Bloody Lane!

I first visited Antietam as a child in the sixties (an aunt lived in Boonsboro) and I don't have have many memories of besides the sunken road and the many corn fields. It was great to visit again in 2022 and to have actual memories of the place.

So glad I became a member

I'll be here in April

I am so thankful for this. Being someone that lives within miles of Antietam, the fact that this work has been done is just amazing. i am SO thankful that i can go there and see the fields as close as possible to how the soldiers would have seen it in 1862 really helps to bring home the hardship, the meaning, the sacrifice that was made to attempt to make this country a better place. Thank you.

What's my favorite Civil War battlefield? It's Gettysburg. When I'm actually at Gettysburg. When I'm actually at Antietam. Antietam is my favorite battlefield.

You all have done great work, but man those power lines are unsightly. Would be awesome if they could be run them underground in the future so they don’t detract from the battlefield

Nice camera work, gang. Well done.

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This had to be filmed in the summer 😂 I visited close to there at South Mountain in November, pretty cool to piece it all together

GM. I have gotten back into history (after battling COVID & then Long COVID) and especially the CW history. Just a note for you- I watched a video on the States in the CW you did. I live in Alabama so I know that it was a part of the CSA. However, nothing was said about the large support for the Union especially in North Alabama where I'm from (the Free State of Winston). My great grandfathers as well as some brothers and other ancestors fought for the Union as part of the 1st Alabama Union Cavalry. They played a significant part in the War as it moved into TN, Miss, Alabama, then was Sherman's excort as they had made a name for themselves at Atlanta and in the March to the Sea. I was wondering if you were aware of that history as many I talk to are unaware. We, the Spencer Camp of Northwest Alabama of the Sons of Union Veterans are making an effort to get the story out there and are involved in projects to showcase that history. Have a great day.

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I've grown up in this area had family members fighting in the Civil War went to Sharpsburg to see their graves looks like some of them died protecting Lincoln because it said 1863 RIP restoring the best true history the area where Bloody Lane and the tower across the field row of houses where are my dad's old house is sitting keep spreading history world needs it for kicks download Civil War music later thx 🤠

Land where Emancipation was paid for.

The first time I went to the battlefield there was a fence in front of the sunken road.

New visitors center should have been moved off the epicenter, like Gettysburg.

I wish more of our tax dollars went towards National parks, considering all the money wasted on other things.