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Road Trip to the East Coast (October 2002)
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Dunker Church
Antietam National Battlefield
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Confederate artillery position east of Dunker Church. The East Woods and Miller Cornfield are in the distance.
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Miller Cornfield, site of the harshest fighting of the battle's first phase. Hood's Texans marched into Union artillery fire through the field's fully grown corn.
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Bloody Lane, a strong position, at first, for Confederates facing Union troops marching through the fields at right. The Mumma farm is visible to the far right.
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A view of the Bloody Lane's bend. Union troops would eventually flank this position, and this sunken road would become a death trap.
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Jeff walking Bloody Lane.
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The stone bridge over which Union General Ambrose Burnside would send his corps against Toombs's Georgians. This view is from the Georgians' imposing position.
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Beth standing on the stone bridge. Ever since the battle, the structure has been known as Burnside Bridge.
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The Harper's Ferry firehouse, site of John Brown's last stand.
Harper's Ferry National Historical Park
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Beth and Uncle Steve at Harper's Ferry. Loudoun Heights is to the right. The confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers is in the distance.
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Jeff and Beth near Jefferson Rock
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Statue of Union cavalry officer General John Buford. Located on
McPherson Ridge
Gettysburg National Military Park
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Statue of Union General John Reynolds, the highest ranking officer to fall at Gettysburg.
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View from the summit of Little Round Top. Seminary Ridge is in the distance.
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On to New York
and Ellis Island
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Liberty Island
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Beth and the Lower Manhattan skyline
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Jeff and Lady Liberty
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On to the coast of Maine
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Pemaquid Point Light
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Port Clyde Light
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Bar Harbor, Maine, and Frenchman Bay
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Bass Harbor Head Light, Mt. Desert Island
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Niagara Falls, Ontario, with Horseshoe Falls in background
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Jeff near Horseshoe Falls
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