1 Dunker Church This was the focal point of repeated clashes as both
armies sought to occupy and hold the high ground around it.
Leveled by a storm in 1921, the church was rebuilt in 1962.
2 North Woods General Hooker launched the initial Union attack from this
point. It was stopped by Jackson’s troops in The Cornfield, ½ mile
south.
3 East Woods Union Gen. Joseph Mansfield was fatally wounded here as he
led his XII Corps into battle.
4 The Cornfield More fighting took place here in the Miller cornfield
than anywhere else at Antietam. The battlelines swept back and
forth across the field for three hours.
5 West Woods Union Gen. John Sedgwick’s division lost more than 2,200
men in less than half an hour in an ill-fated charge into these
woods against Jackson’s troops.
6 Mumma Farm Burned by the Confederates to prevent their use by Union
sharpshooters, the Mumma farm buildings were the only civilian
property purposely destroyed during the battle.