(7-02) Tour Stop 8 (Sunken Road: Bloody Lane), view looking northwest. The road at right leads to the Roulette Farm. The curve near the west end of the Sunken Road is in the background. 2002 NPS Tour Guide: For nearly 4 hours, Union and Confederate infantry contested this sunken country road, resulting in over 5,000 casualties. Thus the name "Bloody Lane"
   
Information Tablet (These men are going to stay here)
Information Tablet (The end of the Confederacy was in sight)
Panorama from Bloody Lane observation tower

(7-02) Tour Stop 8 (Sunken Road: Bloody Lane). View looking southeast toward the observation tower near the east end of the Sunken Road

(2 days after the battle) Confederate dead in the Sunken Road

(7-02) Tour Stop 8 (Sunken Road: Bloody Lane), view looking east from point a few yards east of Roulette Farm Road Page2

(7-08) Enlarge Major General Israel B. Richardson marker

Marker reads: Major General Israel B. Richardson U.S.A. Mortally Wounded 45 Yards N. 32'E
 
Near observation tower
 
By Brian Duckworth, NC

(7-08) Enlarge Brigadier General George B. Anderson marker

Marker reads: Brigadier General George B. Anderson C.S.A. mortally wounded 235 yards S. SW
 
Middle of Bloody Lane
 
By Brian Duckworth, NC