s.j. piper house.pngThe stone observatory on the Bloody lane is now finished and ready for visitors. The view from this point alone is worth a visit to the famous Bloody lane as you can take in the entire right to the left nearly four miles. There will be, when all planted, nearly four hundred markers, giving one a good idea of the entire battle field with the advantage of the good roads. Every body ought to visit it and make a study of this great battle.
World house...?
Submitted by StephenRecker on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 8:55pm
When James Longstreet and D.H. Hill took over Henry Piper's house prior to the battle of Antietam, they told the Pipers to leave because of the impending battle. Piper and his family ended up at his brother Daniel's place along the Potomac.
Until recently, no photograph was known to exist of that place. I have found one and, of course, it will be in my upcoming book. (Have I mentioned I'm writing a book?) Anyway, it has an interesting inscription. It starts with "World house on the Piper farm where I was cared for when sick..." Does anyone know what that means? I googled it and found MLK made a speech about this, but I am talking 1889.
I spent the afternoon today looking around for the site of the house and I think I have found it. I scouted it out from the canal about a year ago but only today had time to drive up and introduce myself to the owner. It is a horse farm surrounded by private property so I wanted to be careful.
So, anybody know what a "World house" is?
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Hello. I'm Stephen Recker and welcome to my blog. In it I will be discussing the different projects I am working on related to the American Civil War with a focus on photography related to the battle of Antietam. I am particularly interested in how the battlefield has been interpreted throughout the years. I will be discussing how it was done then and how new technologies can be brought to bear to bring life to those old materials as well as new ones. See the 99 Places Every Antietam Battlefield Guide Should Know.
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Antietam Valley Record
Thursday, September 5, 1895