Silent canons line the Antietam battlefield, above, scene of the bloodiest one-day battle in the Civil War.

The uproar over the affair focused the attention of Government officials and conservationists alike on other such battle sites, and efforts then turned to protect the unspoiled rural setting surrounding the Antietam battlefield.

He had driven his Toyota Sequoia through the Antietam battlefield, parked it alongside the Washington Monument and stuck it in a garage near Independence Hall.

State officials aggressively pursued matching funds and bought enough land and conservation easements to keep the sweep of the Antietam battlefield clear from every direction.

The Antietam battlefield is one of the most pristine parks in the country.

While 3,200 acres of the Antietam battlefield are within the National Park System, thousands of acres more as well as the surrounding vistas are privately owned.

"One of the things that bothered me when I was asked to leave the Antietam battlefield after portraying a male soldier was the attitude of the park officials there," Ms. Cook recalled.

A monument at the Antietam battlefield was dedicated in his honor.

Filitov is buried at Camp David, within twenty miles of the Antietam battlefield.

The Confederates had ridden completely around the Union Army of more than 100,000 men still encamped in the general region of the Antietam battlefield.