It was easier to get my head around Antietam - Cornfield, Sunken Road, Burnside's Bridge. I found the key locations at Antietam somewhat more visually evocative, but maybe that's just me.

But it’s not the same as actually walking on the battlefields, whether it’s a field at Gettysburg, a sunken road at Antietam, or a hill at Little Bighorn. I’ve visited many.

One of the most violent encounters of the American Civil War occurred on Nov. 30, 1864, near the hamlet of Franklin, Tenn. It was not a long battle, no Gettysburg or Vicksburg, but in some five ...

One of the two Confederate brigades defending the sunken road was the 24th Georgia regiment under the command of General Thomas RR Cobb. ... The Irish Brigade would go on to fight at Gettysburg, ...

The battle which occurred from the July 1-3, 1863 in Gettysburg, ... Three day battle: The fierce combat raged over fields, a sunken road and on hilltops until nightfall.

Shiloh is not Gettysburg, where the battlefield overflows with grandiose monuments. ... The term refers to a 600-yard section of the Sunken Road, ...