Here I was at a real Civil War battlefield, with a real Civil War bullet, and participating in a real historical discovery with my dad! Even at a young age I was interested in history, and enjoyed reading, but this Humanities Moment intensified that connection and inspired a lifelong passion for history and learning. Welcome to the official Facebook page for Antietam National Battlefield. Sharing in his excitement, this was a moment when history truly came alive for me. Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland. The tour was given to high school history teachers from Taos, New Mexico, as part of a U.S. I was pumped, but my dad was thrilled beyond belief, if not a little jealous. Gary Gallagher conducted a tour of the Antietam National Battlefield. It was an actual Civil War bullet from the battle that I stumbled upon by pure luck and good fortune. Towards the back of line, at the beginning of the tour, I walked with my dad and by chance happened to kick up a small section of dirt in which I noticed a small dark grey object amidst the footpath. Visit the site of the Battle of Antietam, which led to President Abraham Lincolns issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. As a ten-year-old, I was excited to just go somewhere different and see something new, but I lacked a genuine appreciation for the significance of the battlefield and the importance of this place to American history. 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. This family activity was the idea of my father, a Civil War enthusiast with a lifelong passion for history. The National Park Service site that commemorates where 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after 12 hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862.
When I was ten years old my family took a day trip to visit the Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland.
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