The Otto farmhouse is east of Sharpsburg on the south side of the Burnside Bridge Road. (Branch Avenue North tour map) The Otto family left on the morning of the 16th after foraging soldiers appeared the night before. Although the buildings suffered no major damage, the house and barn were used as field hospitals after the battle.

The Otto Farmhouse on the Antietam battlefield

Looking south from Old Burnside Bridge Road to the Otto farmhouse.

A walking trail leads south from the farmhouse through the Otto Farm fields to the 11th and 12th Ohio Infantry monuments.

(see the first view along the trail)