Browse our extensive Civil War library when you visit the Piper House. The battle of Antietam was a remarkable event — there is no better way to understand the subtleties of the terrain than by walking the battlefield, and the Piper House is part of that living history.

MAJ. GEN. JAMES LONGSTREET (C.S.A.)
Longstreet used the Piper House as a Confederate battlefield headquarters during the bloodiest single day of the Civil War on September 17, 1862.
The Bloody Lane is depicted by modern Civil War re-enactors in this photograph. (Photo taken by Lou Clark during filming of the Antietam documentary. The crew used the Piper House as a HQ during filming.)
Photo of the carnage after the battle; Parker's Virginia battery lies near their artillery in the foreground, the Dunker Church is seen in the distance. Photo taken by Gardener.
 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Piper were the residents of the house during the time of the Battle of Antietam.

 
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