Bloody Lane

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Bloody Lane is a historic sunken farm road at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, infamous as the site of especially intense and deadly fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.

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Bloody Lane canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battlefield location ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
sunken road ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Union Army of the Potomac ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Potomac
associatedWithUnit 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Confederate divisions under D. H. Hill ⓘ
Irish Brigade (Union) ⓘ
battlePhase midday fighting during the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
commandersInvolved D. H. Hill ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Israel B. Richardson ⓘ
Richard H. Anderson ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
William H. French ⓘ
currentUse interpretive site within Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
dateOfEvent September 17, 1862 ⓘ
hasAlternateName Sunken Road ⓘ
Sunken Road at Antietam ⓘ
hasMemorial 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument ⓘ
5th Maryland Infantry Monument ⓘ
Confederate memorial markers ⓘ
Irish Brigade Monument ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Antietam National Cemetery ⓘ
Dunker Church ⓘ
Piper Farm ⓘ
Roulette Farm ⓘ
hasStructure Bloody Lane Observation Tower ⓘ
knownFor heavy casualties ⓘ
intense infantry combat ⓘ
turning point fighting during the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places (as part of Antietam National Battlefield) ⓘ
locatedIn Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington County, Maryland ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
partOf American Civil War ⓘ
Antietam National Battlefield historic district ⓘ
Battle of Antietam ⓘ
significance one of the bloodiest single stretches of ground in the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
symbol of the human cost of the American Civil War ⓘ
terrainFeature natural trench-like formation ⓘ
sunken farm lane ⓘ
touristActivity ranger-led interpretive programs ⓘ
self-guided walking tours ⓘ
usedAs defensive position by Confederate forces ⓘ

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Sunken Road → alsoKnownAs → Bloody Lane ⓘ
Roulette Farm → locatedNear → Bloody Lane ⓘ