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Civil War Tour

Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:31 pm
by sjbmw
Spent 2 days on a Civil War tour. What a great weekend for riding.
Harper's Ferry WV, Antietam Battlefield Sharpsburg MD, Gettysburg Battlefield in PA. rode the back roads home through Amish country. (pictures of the Amish are verboten)

My buddies pack Big Iron.

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The heights from St. John's Church in Harper's Ferry.

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Nice day for tubin'

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Death row at Antietam, from the 4 story tower. 23,000 killed and wounded in one day, almost 2000 per hour, the wind sounds different up here.

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If these cows only knew.
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Lincoln's Gettysburg Address monument.
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For DJ:
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Your caption here:

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The Dunker church, used as a marker for artillery batteries on that fateful day.

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with devastating results:
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:17 pm
by iowabeakster
Thank you Herb.

Of all of the "great ride" posts, this is only one that sent chills down my spine and made all my hair stand on end.

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:48 am
by mnnden
Great Ride, Great pictures, The Civil War is such an interesting topic, Thanks, Den

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:58 am
by DJ Downunder
Great pictures...thanks...Lest we forget.

DJ

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:42 am
by DSKYZD
Fun stuff! I showed this to a friend of mine who does Civil War reenactments and he easily recognized all these sites.

Good job, Herb!


DSKYZD

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:48 am
by Valueman
Good report. Reminds me of the Return to Shiloh Rally.

I can spend hours in those old battlefields.

VM

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:00 am
by cruiser
Great pics, great report, and very moving....

Seeing your buddy's Valkyrie brought back some great memories for me. I've owned two - an Interstate and a Tourer.

Thanks for posting :D

Re: Civil War Tour

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 6:42 am
by sjbmw
For anyone in the NJ, PA, area, we are repeating this trip on Sat May 22 and Sun May 23rd 2010

PM me for the meeting place.