Oneonta, NY to Carlisle, PA and on to Harpers Ferry

(Note:  I notice that some of the photos in this section do not show in the published version.  I'm not sure how to fix this but I'll work on it. I am often frustrated with this program.)

Sunday  October 8, 2017   273 miles  81*

Today, it was a warm  ride, though rain misted off and on.  We were back to paying toll fees on the highways.  It's a feat to read the signs to find the lane we are supposed to be in.  Usually, it's the wrong lane but it's too late to change lanes.  Sonny was considering storming the barrier but a live person came along to help. 

Monday October 9, 2017   Carlisle, PA to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

We had  planned to visit Harper's Ferry again (we were here a few years ago) and a couple of other battle sites so we booked 3 nights at the campground. 

Antietam was the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War.  23,000 were killed, wounded or missing.

One of first photos of a Civil War battle field.  Dunker Church in the background, like many civilian buildings,became a hospital.

 Looking out to the battle field from the Visitor's Center.

This sunken road was filled with bodies after the battle.

The battle field was huge.

This monument was erected in honor of the Union soldiers. Sonny walked out to the monument for a closer look.

Monument  Ceremony

General "Stonewall" Jackson got his
nickname from General Lee who proclaimed:
"look at Jackson standing there like a stonewall."

I'm finding a spot where I can look
up to see Sonny.

There was a stone tower observatory on the battle field.  Sonny climbed to the top and took pictures.  Tower stairs scare me so I waited  at the bottom.  Can you see my Maine pines in back of the truck?

Section of battle field.

View from the tower of the sunken road.

The Union  cannons fired point blank at this house since Confederates were sniping at them. Cannon fire hit an 85 year woman inside who wouldn't evacuate. She was the only civilian death in this battle.

Confederates were initially buried on the battle field where they fell so the people of the town dug them out of the battle field, erected a cemetery and placed them in marked graves.

The cemetery castle