slgwv's photos with the keyword: Bloody Cornfield

Site of one of the most savage encounters at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) in the US Civil War, Sept. 16-17, 1862. Elements of the opposing sides were firing at near point-blank range in a field of standing corn (i.e., maize, in US usage). Antietam is pronounced an-TEE-tum, btw. Kind of a contrast to the peaceful Maryland countryside today. The site is now a US historic park.