Regimentals

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Video: Visit to 16th Connecticut monument at Antietam


On a crisp February afternoon, I visited the 16th Connecticut monument in the 40-acre Cornfield at Antietam, where the Nutmeggers were routed on the afternoon of  Sept. 17, 1862, in their first battle of the war. Seldom-visited by battlefield tourists, this is my favorite spot on the field. My aim was to shoot a "Now" image of the photo William Tipton took the day the monument was dedicated on Oct. 11, 1894. I'll post the result soon.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for this. Keep going.

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  2. Keep posting things. We had a relative fight here on that day and was wounded and later died in December. Tough call for a rookie regiment.

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