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I-81 to Washington, DC
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 WHITES FERRY1616 views
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 Not Allowed1286 viewsPark Ranger just said no motorized vehicles on the Tow Path. Want to know more about this pick-up?

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 BJ's Charge1425 viewsBJ's Charge up Bloody Lane. As you can see bikes are allowed throughout the battlefield.
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 Just A Cornfield?1297 viewsIt was just a cornfield until that faithful day of September, 17th 1862, when the blood of twenty three thousand Men forever fertilized the conscience of the greatest nation ever to have been on Earth.
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 Why we came!1352 viewsThe battle of Antietam was fought at Sharpsburg, MD. along the route of the C & O Canal Tow Path BJ and I are currently riding.
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 Awaiting The Charge915 viewsAntietam cannon stand awaiting the charge.
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 Least We Forget1344 viewsSoldiers of stone stand at Antietam where in one single battle 23,000 casualties were suffered, more Americans than in one single day of battle, before or since.
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 Three Deep And A Mile Wide1352 viewsUnion Soldiers marched, three deep along a mile front and into the Confederate guns behind the cemetery wall.

For twenty three thousand Americans the Civil War ended that day in September 1862.
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