The Sunken Road (Bloody Lane): Antietam 160

Garry Adelman visits one of the most iconic locations of the Civil War to discuss what happened at the Sunken Road (also known as The Bloody Lane) during the Battle of Antietam. #AntietamBattlefieldTour
This video is part of our coverage commemorating the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. View the whole series here: • Antietam: 160th Annive...
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[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Outstanding.

[@kiwifruit27]

Good on ya JD

[@TermiteUSA]

Garry, you're a marvel Of story-telling genius.

[@blukeblue1235]

One of the many things I like about your videos is how you point out where exactly in the distance the troops were. Great!

[@anthonybendl8125]

Thank You! Another excellent presentation.

[@Tomatohater64]

I still say that Longstreet was one of their best generals. To me, he was a realist when reality was frequently suppressed by emotion.

[@josephhewes3923]

As northern radical republicans pretty much wrote the history, and made Longstreet a hero, you are pretty much parroting the standard northern narrative. He's the one southerner, northerners found, who would criticize Lee. And for that, he was rewarded handsomely. But of course, neither side had too many good Generals. So, being a top ten General isn't a major feat when the bench was so barren of good Generals.

[@werewolf1336]

Agreed. Proof lies at Gettysburg where IMO if Lee had listened to Longstreet Gettysburg would not have been the disaster it inevitably became for the South. As a caveat it is quite possible that Longstreet appeared to be as good as he appeared because he had the good fortune to be assigned to a great commander who reigned him in when it was necessary to do so.

[@michaelmorgan9824]

Excellent just Excellent!!!

[@Sheilamarie2]

Loving these videos, Garry, thank you!

[@robw9986]

Great job relaying a lot of information quickly but clearly.

[@richardglady3009]

Thank you for the unique viewpoint, i.e. from the Piper Farm. Great video.

[@johnathanlewis2049]

Great video! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@vinniemigliano5268]

Another fun and interesting video, Garry. Thanks for all of these. I have to say though, at 2:51 in the video, I almost choked on my coffee! 😂

[@Frank_nwobhm]

Love these videos. Next best thing to being there on the field. When I lived in the D.C. suburbs I could do day trips to Antietam, Gettysburg, etc. Now I'm too far away for that, so these videos rekindle great memories and provide new insight to those hallowed grounds.

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Had the pleasure and experience of spending a couple of nights in the middle of the battlefield. In the early nineties, the Piper farm was a B & B. Slept in Lomgstreets BR Reported to have been used during the battle.

[@sgtzsquad]

Thanks Gary.

[@SpartansAndHeroes]

Great videos as always!

[@bobreaderman5542]

Garry, you and your colleagues always do a terrific job. Love how you all dissect these battles. Thanks. Now a silly question: I'm curious, if you could go back in time, what Civil War battle or moment in a particular battle would you most want to have witnessed?

[@rebelhorse1882]

Battle of Manassas

[@TermiteUSA]

Definitely to Hampton Roads those days March 8, when CSS Merrimack (it Virginia) came down river and sunk the USS Cumberland, the 9th when she and the USS Monitor fought, thru the 11th(?) when she was destroyed. That must have been an amazing series of events.

[@mralmnthwyfemnin5783]

Makes me wonder why I complain sometimes after hearing about what these guys endured!

[@rebelhorse1882]

Wow you guys are doing a great job ! Keep up the good work .

[@dukefrywokker6470]

I see the gnats and flies are still heavy at that location. Sadly, that's the one major thing I remember from being there a few years back.

[@mms8393]

Why don't they remove the observation tower?

[@cyndiebill6631]

Wow!! 👍

[@MECowgo]

..."that's not what you think it means..." Ha!

[@blukeblue1235]

I thought it meant he didn't bathe.😁

[@robertlee8474]

The 27th Indiana was here but not my great great grandfather Thomas J Box ( he’s on Wikipedia!) he was shot down and taken prisoner at Cedar Mountain

[@johnzajac9849]

Garry refers to the Piper cornfield.

[@py8554]

What’s the other lost opportunity in Antietam where the Union could have finished the Army of North Virginia by committing 10000 more men? I only know the comment made by Longstreet about the situation before Antietam, that McClellan should not have fought at Turner's Pass but should have instead poured his troops through Crampton's Gap upon McLaw's and Anderson's rear.

[@dustikudebro4473]

You're outfit might be outshining your vast knowledge in this video.

[@colerainfan1143]

Lee fought a battle that he should not have fought, and survived by the hair of his chin y chin chin.

[@josephhewes3923]

My Great, Great grandfather was on the wrong side of this battle, fighting for a North Carolina regiment. I'm glad the Union won this battle.

[@webdapeeps9015]

Rude!

[@tenther5019]

Sad heir to a grand martial legacy, when strangers think more highly of him than kin.

[@chrisappelhans8374]

Your visualization needs work. Show an overhead map with arrows indicating movements per hour, per day, whatever the time increment is best but get rid of roadside views with someone pointing out into nowhere saying troops came this a way. It doesn’t work