Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, MD
The bloodiest single-day battle in American history left behind a landscape of solemnity and beauty - rolling cornfields, stone bridges, and cannons beneath vast open skies.
Photography Guide
- Best Time
- golden hour
- Crowds
- Quiet
- Shot Types
- landscapewidemoody
- Best Seasons
- fallwinterspring
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