Micah and I made another quick visit to Antietam on the day of the 154th anniversary of the battle.
Small parade with fife and drums
Weapons demonstration-- interesting to see/hear the cannons being fired. The whole process was quite involved, of course. The ammo was kept in the wagon far back from the cannon. The runner in between carried the shells in a leather bag. One man's whole job was to put his leather-covered thumb over the air hole in the cannon. Not surprising that the whole process took 2 min for one round! In a pinch, they would drop safety steps and cut it down to 30 sec.
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