Civil War Sites & DC

Leave Linthicum, MD at 9am arrive at Antietam at 10:30 am. Must try the ice cream at the Nutter's Ice Cream Shop in Sharpsburg (nice afternoon break).

Make sure to visit the Pry House Field Hospital Museum. Hours are 11 am to 5 pm. This can be done after lunch and allow about an hour's rest period if needed.

The visitor's center shows a 30 minute file every half hour except for 12 noon and 12:30pm. There is a new 1 hour documentary shown only a noon each day.
The park is open dawn to dusk but the visitors center is open 8:30 am to 5pm.

Super 8 Motel in Hagerstown, MD is 16 miles from Sharpsburg, MD. 30 minute drive. Plan to eat dinner at the Cracker Barrel in Hagerstown, MD.

This takes about two hours to tour the house and grounds. If this is done after lunch it will allow a nice break period in the afternoon.

This includes four battlefields. Fredericksburg has an auto/tape tour which takes 3 hours. Chancellorsville has an auto/tape tour that takes 3 hours. Wilderness and Spotslyvania has a combined auto/tape tour that takes 3.5 hours. Wed we can do Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. On Thurs. we can do Wilderness

There are visitors centers at Tredegar Iron Works, Chimborazo Hospital and Cold Harbor NB. The visitor centers are open 9 am to 5 pm every day. In this area is Chicahominy Bluff.