Washington DC Antietam Battlefield History Tour

Discover the history of the Battle of Antietam on a guided tour from Washington, DC. Learn about the bloodiest single-day battle in US history and see the Cornfield, Sunken Road, and Burnside Bridge.
Get picked up in a luxury vehicle anywhere in the DC/Metro region and sit back and relax as you are taken to Antietam, the battlefield where 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This tour includes an introduction to the Maryland Campaign at the Visitors Center as well as stops at the Cornfield, Sunken Road, and Burnside Bridge. It is designed for individuals or groups seeking general knowledge of the battle and the battlefield. Your guide will be a historian dedicated to providing outstanding interpretive tours of the Antietam Battlefield

Not included:

• Gratuities for driver and guide

What to expect:

Duration: 7 hours

Washington DC

Washington DC, District of Columbia

Transfer to the Antietam Battlefield is between 90-120 minutes depending on where we will pick you up from. Its a very scenic ride

1 hour, 50 minutes

Antietam National Battlefield

5831 Dunker Church Rd., , Sharpsburg, 21782, Maryland

Upon Arrival, you will meet your guide at the Visitor Center where you will be briefed an given an introduction to the Maryland Campaign

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Antietam National Battlefield

5831 Dunker Church Rd., , Sharpsburg, 21782, Maryland

The Cornfield Stop: This 24-acre cornfield, owned by D.R. Miller, saw some of U.S. history's most horrific fight­ing. For nearly three hours, Hooker and Mansfield's Union forces battled Jackson's Confederates. Many regiments on both sides were cut to pieces. Hays' Louisiana Brigade suffered over 60-percent casual­ties in 30 minutes.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Antietam National Battlefield

5831 Dunker Church Rd., , Sharpsburg, 21782, Maryland

Sunken Road Stop: This farm lane served as a breastwork for the Con­federate center. For about three hours 2,200 Confederates, later reinforced by ad­ditional troops, held off the attacks of a combined Union force numbering nearly 10,000. Finally, just after noon, this thin gray line collapsed and fell back several hundred yards to the Piper Farm. The Union attackers had suffered too many casualties to pursue their advantage.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Burnside's Bridge

5831 Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, Maryland

About 500 Confederate soldiers held the area overlooking the Lower Bridge for three hours. Burnside's command finally cap­tured the bridge and crossed Antietam Creek, which forced the Confederates back toward Sharpsburg.
A Crucial Crossing, a General's Namesake, a Battlefield Icon

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Sharpsburg

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Transfer back to where you were initially picked up

1 hour, 45 minutes