Antietam Valley Record on May 9, 1895
Battlefield Notes The Bloody Lane avenue is now about completed, the macadam being about all down. The wire fence has been painted black and the 50 lb. Ball ornaments are being placed on the gate posts along the avenues. A substantial stone and wooden bridge has been built across the [run???] near the east end of the lane. Work is being pushed by both contractors. The road running in the rear of the Dunkard Church is about half completed.
Publication Date:
May 10, 1895
Publication:
Antietam Valley Record
O.T. Reilly
Sharpsburg's scribe, O.T. Reilly, wrote thousands of short news items in the local Sharpsburg papers between 1887 and 1942. These are some of my favorite examples.