The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | November 2025
Continued from previous page 1862, and analyzed General Lee’ s Strategy for that fateful morning. We followed General Hooker’ s flank march toward the north end of the field with stops at the North Woods and the Bloody Cornfield, sites of furious fighting by, among others, the Iron Brigade and Hood’ s Texan Brigade. We followed Sumner’ s Second Corps to the Dunker Church, one of the most noted landmarks on this great field of combat. The Dunker Church ranks as perhaps one of the most famous sites in American military history.
We further discussed and explored the Army of the Potomac’ s confused command structure, and how it lead to a near debacle on the shores of the Antietam Creek a the 125-foot-long bridge known as the Burnside Bridge, named after Union General Ambrose E. Burnside.
The Antietam Leadership Experience focused on the strategies, command structures and battlefield leadership that we hope will help evolve the leadership and decision-making skills of those that participated.
As usual, Professor William“ Pat” Schuber served as our program facilitator and guide, along with the able assistance of NJSACOP Center for Professional Development Senior Fellow Dave Annets.
2025 NJSACOP Antietam Leadership Experience Online Photo Album
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