Over the years traffic on the farm lane north of the Piper farm had worn through the soft soil to create a trench hidden from the view of anyone coming over the rise to its north. It was the perfect Confederate defensive location to hold back repeated attacks of the Union 2nd Corps – until it was outflanked and turned into a deathtrap for its defenders. It is now known to history as the Bloody Lane.

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Sunken Road west tour map of the Antietam battlefield

monuments
14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment
1st Delaware Volunteer Infantry Regiment
14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment
5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment
5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Companies A&I
8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
130th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment
132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment

markers
French’s Division
Irwin’s Brigade
Kimball’s Brigade
Morris’ Brigade
Rodes’ Brigade
Weber’s Brigade