Antietam

On the evening of September 17, 1992, one hundred and thirty years after the battle, a group of friends decided to drive through the battlefield area. They were passing by the cornfield where some of the bloodiest fighting went on when they saw a long line of men come out of the darkness and begin crossing the road.

As the car neared the line the occupants of the car saw that the men were in Civil War era uniforms. Suddenly, the soldiers faded out of sight.

Confused, the people stopped their car and got out. Hundreds of men had literally vanished from their sight. There was no one around, and no indication that there had been.

The men slain in the cornfield and in the lanes of Antietam still linger to remind us that this bloody day should never be repeated.

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