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Antietam National Battlefield Map

There are ten stops on a self-guided tour of Antietam National Battlefield. The route is 8.5 miles long, so it is best to do the tour in a vehicle. The route is included on the park brochure, which you can get free of charge at the Visitor Center . Plan to spend around three hours for the tour.

If you do the battlefield tour, most likely you’ll want to be a little smarter when you get to the end. Therefore, I highly recommend that you begin your visit to the park at the Visitor Center where you can learn about the battle by perusing museum exhibits and watching a 20-minute film. Having some knowledge of the battle will go a long way in helping you understand what you are seeing once you venture out to explore the actual battlefield.

Once on the battlefield, there are a number of ways to get information. There are wayside exhibits at each tour stop that impart basic information, and there is a paragraph about each stop on the park brochure. However, the best way to learn about the Battle of Antietam is to use some type of audio or video tour, either free or fee-based. The National Park Service offers a free video tour for those who are able to watch videos on their cell phone or other mobile device. Go to the National Park Service’s Virtual Tour  web page, and when you get to a particular tour stop, watch the corresponding video.

If you have a CD player in your car, there is a CD Audio Tour, the Antietam Field Guide , for sale at the book and souvenir store inside the Visitor Center. Not only does this provide detailed information about the tour stops, but it also comes with a booklet full of photos and battle maps. The Antietam Field Guide does not follow the National Park Service tour exactly, as two stops are skipped and two different stops are added, but it’s still a great way to get information. This is my preferred way to see the battlefield. Cost is around $25.

Private tours of the battlefield for you and your group can be arranged by calling (301) 432-4329. There is a standard tour that lasts three hours, and customized tours are available as well. For more information, visit the Antietam Battlefield Guides website.

Many of the tour stops also serve as trailheads for the ten hiking trails within Antietam National Battlefield. All are two miles or less in length, and they are a great way to experience the same terrain as the Union and Confederate soldiers did on September 17, 1862. Some of the trails lead to monuments and artillery exhibits that can’t been seen from a parking lot. If you hike all the trails at the tour stops—which is not every trail in the park—allow an extra five hours.

National Park Planner has created a virtual tour of the Antietam battlefield, complete with plenty of photos of what you will see at each tour stop. Feel free to use this as an additional source of information as you drive around the battlefield. At the bottom of each web page is a navigation menu that allows you to jump to the next or previous stop.

Stop 1:  Dunker Church

Stop 2:  North Woods

Stop 2:  East Woods

Stop 4:  The Cornfield

Stop 5:  West Woods

Stop 6:  Mumma Farm and Cemetery

Stop 7:  Sunken Road (aka Bloody Lane)

Stop 8:  Lower Bridge (aka Burnside Bridge)

Stop 9:  Final Attack

Stop 10:  Antietam National Cemetery

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On the north end of the battlefield Mansfield’s 12th Corps moved up to support the early morning attack by Hooker’s 1st Corps. It had barely moved to within long range of the Confederate skirmishers and began forming line of battle when Mansfield, concerned that his men were firing on friendly troops, was shot from his horse, one of six generals who would be killed or mortally wounded in the course of the day.

First Division commander Alpheus Williams took over the corps and led it forward, chasing the Confederate skirmishers out of the East Woods and advancing southwest across the Miller and Mumma farms. The Twelfth Corps remained on the field to the end of the day supporting the northern flank of the Union line.

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From the Park’s website: “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 to Abraham Lincoln’s issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.”

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

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To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

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January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

December 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm

Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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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.

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