Antietem
Aug 30, 2013 06:44:38 #
Nice shots ebrunner! Every year there is a candle lighting to commemorate the fallen of the battle. Check it out here -http://www.nps.gov/anti/planyourvisit/luminary.htm
Aug 30, 2013 06:48:16 #
Ahoy ebrunner,
I forgot to thank you for showing us your splendid photos.
Moreover, I picked up new information from you regarding the dual names of those terrible battles.
My reference to the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion" goes back to 1950 when I had to lug those huge volumes to the desk and copy notes by hand. To this day I wonder how much more I might have learned with tools like Google at my command.
Oh, well, "If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no need for tinkers!"
Thank you very much for your kind attentions,
Martin
I forgot to thank you for showing us your splendid photos.
Moreover, I picked up new information from you regarding the dual names of those terrible battles.
My reference to the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion" goes back to 1950 when I had to lug those huge volumes to the desk and copy notes by hand. To this day I wonder how much more I might have learned with tools like Google at my command.
Oh, well, "If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no need for tinkers!"
Thank you very much for your kind attentions,
Martin
Aug 30, 2013 07:17:43 #
ebrunner - nice conversion over to b&w! To everyone that will be in / near the Smithsonian Castle, there's exhibit on *real* photos from the war that those of us now in the digital age can aspire to emulate. When I was there in March they also had a video of people re-enacting how the 1860 photographers captured and quickly created these images. http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/civil-war-photography-comes-life-smithsonian-castle (arrgg, looks like it ended / ends Aug 2013 .... )
Aug 30, 2013 07:33:47 #
mvy wrote:
Ahoy ebrunner, br br I forgot to thank you for sh... (show quote)
Glad you enjoyed the shots. I'm no historian, but I do enjoy visiting and reading about Civil War locations.
Aug 30, 2013 07:36:03 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
ebrunner - nice conversion over to b&w! To everyone that will be in / near the Smithsonian Castle, there's exhibit on *real* photos from the war that those of us now in the digital age can aspire to emulate. When I was there in March they also had a video of people re-enacting how the 1860 photographers captured and quickly created these images. http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/civil-war-photography-comes-life-smithsonian-castle (arrgg, looks like it ended / ends Aug 2013 .... )
Thanks for the link. Glad you liked the conversions.
Aug 30, 2013 08:17:01 #
ckraus wrote:
Nice shots ebrunner! Every year there is a candle lighting to commemorate the fallen of the battle. Check it out here -http://www.nps.gov/anti/planyourvisit/luminary.htm
Thank you for taking a look, and thanks for the link.
Aug 30, 2013 08:30:26 #
Aug 30, 2013 08:39:45 #
Gysanch wrote:
Good Shots! I've been there a very serene place today.
Yes, it is hard to imagine the carnage that went on there when you visit today. Thanks for taking a look.
Aug 30, 2013 09:46:50 #
bbride3
Loc: Atlantis, FL
I have visited there and you got some good shots. Have you done any work at Gettysburg?
Aug 30, 2013 10:17:51 #
Great shots (especially love the last one) ... and a good refresher on history that too many have probably forgotten.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Aug 30, 2013 10:25:49 #
tbohon wrote:
Great shots (especially love the last one) ... and a good refresher on history that too many have probably forgotten.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for your kind comments.
Aug 30, 2013 10:36:44 #
Aug 30, 2013 12:35:24 #
These are very nice pictures. It just blows my mind as to what kind of hell this and other battles were. It is almost beyond comprehension.
One thing I do not understand is why was that bridge of such strategic importance to the union? One smart bomb dropped from the air would have taken care of that. Then the corps of engineers could have new bridges up within minutes.
Oh, that's right, they did not have smart bombs back then and they only had one Sherman tank and he was on horseback! They did have photography though. Yay!
One thing I do not understand is why was that bridge of such strategic importance to the union? One smart bomb dropped from the air would have taken care of that. Then the corps of engineers could have new bridges up within minutes.
Oh, that's right, they did not have smart bombs back then and they only had one Sherman tank and he was on horseback! They did have photography though. Yay!
Aug 30, 2013 12:49:54 #
tainkc wrote:
One thing I do not understand is why was that bridge of such strategic importance to the union?
Tainkc - you might know this already and asked in jest? This bridge is one of the many many poorly executed attacks and missed opportunities that could have shortened the war. Burnside wasted most of the day and lives trying to cross here instead of scouting further downsteam and crossing beyond the range of the Rebs and coming up on their flank completely unaware ... They could have trapped and destroyed Lee in this battle.
Two books about Antietam and its impact and context in the larger war are: The Long Road to Antietam (Slotkin) and Landscape Turned Red (Sears).
Aug 30, 2013 14:28:01 #
They're all good but the last one needs to be framed and hung on a wall. :thumbup:
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