Shots at the Burnside Bridge

Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside has received much scorn for his decision to have his Ninth Corps charge across the Lower Bridge at Antietam Creek rather than simply ford the stream. "Go and look at it," sniffed Confederate staff officer Henry Kyd Douglas, "and tell me if you don't think Burnside and his corps might have executed a hop, skip, and jump and landed on the other side. One thing is certain, they might have waded it that day without getting their waist belts wet in any place."

The chief military obstacle to crossing Antietam Creek, however, is not the creek itself but the steep banks on either side. These would have severely disrupted any Union line of battle, particularly on the far side where the soldiers would have had difficulty clambering out, and the brogans of hundreds of men would quickly have churned the bank into a slippery ooze.

In November 1994, twenty-five West Point cadets and their instructors tried crossing Antietam Creek at the point from which this photo was taken (about 75 yards downstream from the bridge). The water at its deepest point was only about three feet deep, but it required fully three minutes for everyone to get on-line and wade to the opposite shore, and a further minute or so to clamber up the far bank. Some cadets had to help their comrades exit the stream, and in general their orderly line evaporated in the course of reaching dry ground. What the experience would have been like, with arms raised to keep cartridge boxes, weapons, and haversacks dry, under a severe small arms fire, with wounded soldiers having to be held above the water or allowed to drown, was sobering to contemplate.

The cadets and their instructors concluded that, while Burnside may have erred in his decision to storm the bridge, it was a reasonable course to have taken. Only 500 C

Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Sep 2006



Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Sep 2006




Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Sep 2006
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Fort Howard - Revisited

Having nothing on the schedule today, I decided to round up the kiddies and head down to Fort Howard for a stroll. The kiddies, 15 and 11, love this place as much as I do and for good reason; it's downright cool!

We've had the pleasure of being here in the past not only for history, but for geocaches as well. There are a two remaining caches in the park, get 'em while you can! One of them will take you on a 'dirty' tour of the grounds, exploring every nook & crannie, awesome!

I never get tired of coming here!

(from Eastghost.com)
"This park's historical significance is its connection with the largest invasion of the United States in history on the morning of September 12, 1814. The British had landed about seven thousand men near the site that later became Fort Howard, as a part of a campaign to capture and burn Baltimore. In coordination with their navy's bombardment of Fort McHenry, the British troops were to march up Patapsco Neck and capture Baltimore from the east. But the British advance was first demoralized when American sharpshooters Daniel Wells and Henry McComas killed their popular commanding general. The advance had been temporarily stalled by the Americans in the Battle of North Point, and finally stopped dead when the British perceived the strength of the American defenses at Patterson Park. Disheartened, they re-boarded their ships near North Point and sailed away- to another defeat, in the Battle of New Orleans."


"Fort Howard was originally known as North Point, but was renamed in 1902 after Colonel John Eager Howard, a Baltimore philanthropist and distinguished soldier of the Maryland Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. In the 1700's, the site served as an important part of the transportation route between the Eastern Shore and the port of Baltimore. Known as the "Bulldog at Baltimore's Gate", Fort Howard was also created to protect the valued Baltimore Port. Many of the fort batteries, previously manned by Coast Artillery Corps, can still be seen, although they a






Inside one of the open doors

































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