(7-02) Tour Stop 8 (Sunken Road: Bloody Lane), view looking east

(7-02) Tour Stop 8 (Sunken Road: Bloody Lane), view from the observation tower. The visitor center can be seen on top of the high ground in the distance
 
Irish Brigade monument
 
Panorama from observation tower

(7-02) Tour Stop 9 (Lower Bridge: Burnside Bridge), view looking north from the high ground on the west bank of Antietam Creek.. 2002 NPS Tour Guide: The fighting here was a key factor in McClellan's failure at Antietam. Called Burnside Bridge after the Union general whose troops were held off most of the day by a few hundred Georgia riflemen, it is the battlefields best-known landmark
 
Panorama from point east of bridge

(7-02) Tour Stop 9 (Lower Bridge: Burnside Bridge), view looking northeast