ISikhumbuzo Sonyaka seNkqantosi yeMpi ye-Antietam

Ngomhla weDisemba kubakho i-Antietam yeMfazwe yeSizwe iMfazwe yeSikhumbuzo ngokuhlonipha amajoni awa ngexesha leMfazwe yase-Antietam ngexesha leMfazwe yoLuntu.

Ngobusuku, iingu-23,110 zikhanyiswe, enye ijoni ngalinye labulawa, lilinxeba, okanye lilahleka ngexesha lokuhlaselwa kowomnye usuku olumlando kwi-American. Iholide, ukuhamba kweekhilomitha ezingama-5 ezinikezelwa kwiindwendwe zibonakaliso ezinkulu kwiimbonakaliso kwiMelika kuphela kodwa nakuyo yonke iNorth America.

Ukukhanya kokuqala kwesikhumbuzo kubanjwe ngowe-1988 kwaye kuyaqhubeka kuba ngumcimbi oqhelekileyo uluntu, kuboniswa kubathandi beembali ezivela kulo lonke ihlabathi abajongayo ukutyelela iMimandla yeMfazwe kaZwelonke kufuphi naseWashington DC Isikhumbuzo senziwa ekuqaleni kwexesha leeholide ngonyaka ukukhumbuza nathi ngemibingelelo eyenziwa ngamalungu empi yethu kunye neentsapho zabo.

Ibutho leMfazwe ka-Antietam

I-Antietam yesizwe seMfazwe yeNdawo yeSizwe ekhuselekileyo yeNkonzo yePaki e-Antietam Creek eSharpsburg, eWashington County, enyakatho-mpuma yeMadda. Ipaki ikhumbuza iMelika Yemfazwe Yomkhosi Yase-Antietam eyenziwa ngoSeptemba 17, 1862.

Abavakatyeli epakini baya kufumana isikhungo somvakatye, imangcwaba yesizwe yomkhosi, ilitye lelitye elibizwa ngokuba yiBurnside's Bridge, kunye ne-Pry House Field Hospital Museum, ngaphezu kwendawo yemfazwe. Liyindawo eyaziwayo kwiintsapho, kungekhona ngenxa yembali kodwa nangenxa yemisebenzi eminingi yangaphandle evumelekileyo njengale:

Indawo yoKhanya

I-Antietam yeMfazwe kaZwelonke ibingama-70 kumantla-ntshona yeWashington, DC, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-65 entshonalanga eBaltimore, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-23 entshonalanga yeFrederick, kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-13 ezantsi kweHagerstown. Ingeniso eyona nto ebalulekileyo kwi-Illumination yiRichardson Avenue ukusuka kuMathin Road Route 34. Ukusuka eBoonsboro, uhambe ngasentshonalanga kwiNdlela 34. Emva koko, uya kujoyina umgca weemoto eziya kufuma kwicala elingasentshonalanga.

Ukuya kwi-Illumination

Ukutyelela isikhumbuzo kukuphuma ngaphandle kokucinezeleka, kodwa ezi ngcebiso ziya kuqinisekisa ukuba yonke into iyahamba kakuhle.