Antietam Battlefield Auto Tour

Welcome to the narrated driving tour of the Battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.

Antietam Battlefield
Explore and understand the Antietam Battlefield with this self-guided driving tour. See where Union and Confederate lines clashed, over and over, in a desperate struggle to maintain control. Learn about what prompted the battle, what happened during it, and the consequences after it was over. Feel the poignancy of the sacrifices made on the single bloodiest day in American history during the Civil War.

The self-guided driving tour of Antietam begins at the Visitor Center and follows the National Military Park Service’s Auto Tour Route around the battlefield. Re-live the dawn skirmishes in the Cornfield, explore the terrible clashes at Bloody Lane, and understand the bloodbath at Burnside Bridge.

Are you ready to turn your phone into a personal tour guide? This app offers a fully-guided experience of the historic Antietam Battlefield — just like a local giving you a personalized, turn-by-turn, fully-guided tour.

Experience the Battle of Antietam at these key battlefield sites:

■ Welcome to Antietam Visitor Center
■ The Cigar That Changed The War
■ Why “Dunker” Church?
■ Miller House
■ North Woods & Clara Barton
■ Clara Barton & the American Red Cross
■ Cornfield Trail
■ Cornfield Bloodbath
■ General Mansfield
■ East Woods
■ The Union Breaks Through
■ Canons of Battery B
■ Three Rifles Monument
■ Cornfield & State Monuments
■ Indiana State Monument
■ New Jersey State Monument
■ Massachusetts State Monument
■ West Woods & Nicodemus Heights
■ West Woods Trail
■ Pennsylvania Monument
■ Mumma Farm and Cemetery
■ Sunken Road & Bloody Lane
■ Piles of Dead
■ Observation Tower & Irish Brigade
■ Piper Farm
■ Otto and Sherrick Farms
■ Burnside Bridge
■ McKinley Monument
■ 9th New York Infantry Monument
■ Tolson Chapel
■ Piper House
■ Antietam National Cemetery

HOW IT WORKS:
As you travel, audio stories play automatically based on your location. Simply go to the starting point of the tour and begin following the given route. Each story begins playing on its own, usually just before you reach a point of interest.

TOUR FEATURES:

▶ Freedom of travel
No scheduled tour times, no crowded buses, and no rush to keep moving past stops that interest you. You have tot