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(6-93) Tour
Stop 2 (North Woods), view looking south. 2002 NPS Tour Guide:
General Hooker launched the initial Union attack from this point. It was
stopped by Jackson's troops in the The Cornfield,
½ mile south |
(7-02) Tour
Stop 3 (East Woods). The view is looking northwest toward The Cornfield. The
Miller Farmhouse is in the distant background. 2002 NPS Tour
Guide: Union Gen. Joseph Mansfield was fatally wounded here as he led
his XII Corps into battle |
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(7-02) Tour Stop 4 (The Cornfield). This view is looking north from point near the southwest corner of The Cornfield. The Miller Farmhouse is in the background. 2002 NPS Tour Guide: More fighting took place here in the Miller Cornfield than anywhere else at Antietam. The battlelines swept back and forth across the field for three hours |
(7-02) Tour
Stop 4 (The Cornfield). Southwest corner of The Cornfield |
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