From ASSOCIATED PRESS.... "Park Service In Talks To Buy Disputed Lee Statue " Sharpsburg, Md. (AP) - The National Park Service is negotiating to buy a 38-acre...
Hi I just joined the group today. I am hoping to find some info about my GG Uncle General William Henry French. Any thread would be greatly appreciated. ...
POSTED BY: Tom Shay BATTLEFIELD HIKE- BEYOND BURNSIDE BRIDGE- November 8, 2003 Time: 1:15 Location: Meet the Ranger at Tour Stop #9 This Ranger led hike will...
HISTORICAL FICTION WRITING CONTEST ... A Contest Being Held By The "Fields Of Conflict" Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FieldsOfConflict ... ...
Our friends at the Living History Association of Mecklenburg are pleased to announce the dedication of the North Carolina South Mountain Monument at Fox's Gap...
Greetings listers, I've been re-reading and posting lots of Antietam reports from the ORs lately (http://aotw.org/exhibit.php?exhibit_id=OR_index), and have ...
FROM: Tom Shay Antietam NPS has announced: Historic Photography Programs: October 11th South Mountain State Battlefield October 12th Antietam National...
FROM: Tom Shay Rangers at Antietam National Battlefield are investigating a hit and run motor vehicle accident that occurred on the evening of September 19,...
Info and photos are at: <A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/anti/Press_Re40.htm">http://www.nps.gov/anti/Press_Re40.htm</A> Tom Shay [Non-text portions of this message...
From today's Hagerstown Herald-Mail... ISABEL'S DAMAGE TO PARKS ASSESSED Tropical Storm Isabel caused an estimated $600,000 to $800,000 of damage last week at...
No word yet on how Antietam weathered the storm. Other parks reported this on FRIDAY: Petersburg NB – Major tree damage occurred, and downed trees are...
Today's strange fact.... Burnside, Kentucky was named in honor of General Ambrose Burnside of the Union Army who was stationed there during the Civil War. At...
From today's Hagerstown Herald-Mail: FLOODS COULD DAMAGE BRIDGE AT BATTLEFIELD The historic Burnside Bridge is in danger of being damaged by Hurricane Isabel,...
I just returned from the Anniversary walks in Sharpsburg. A recent storm broke off several branches off the Witness Tree at Burnside bridge. Actually took a...
Dear Friends In memory of the 3,620 dead, and the 17,365 wounded, please pause today in quiet relection of the bloodiest day in US history. Our fellow...
... Paula, I see the CD is offered online via Antietam bookstore. Several rangers encouraged me to buy it and said they enjoyed using it. Perhaps our resident...
I was trying to locate a formal announcement by NPS of the 40-acre Cornfield purchase. No such luck, but I did notice the old (1961) Antietam park booklet is...
Yesterday (Sunday) I headed to Antietam with my nephew (a budding CW fan). The rainy forecast for Saturday made Sunday a wiser choice. Rangers told me it...
Is it true that Weber's brigade assaulted the Sunken Road with unloaded weapons? Thank you Ron Church Manchester MD [Non-text portions of this message have...
Antietam anniversary hikes have been announced. Visit <A HREF="www.nps.gov/anti/Hikes03.htm";>www.nps.gov/anti/Hikes03.htm</A> for full details. Tours for...
Taken from The Life and Times of J.E.B. Stuart... "General Munford relates an incident which occurred at the ford, and which is worth preservation. As he...
I am trying to pull together some information on the 15th Pa Cavalry and would much appreciate any assistance/ direction that anyone might offer. Don't have...
Greetings fellow listers. It sure is quiet :) I have a couple of items, if you're interested. I've been in a kind of hibernation, consumed by my day job for...
Hi Group, I know there's some expertise on this subject out there. My question ought to be easy :) - does anybody have any reliable biographic data or...
Hi, Does anyone know of anywhere aside from Stottelmyre's, Bivouac of the Dead, where I can find roster of the men buried in the nat'l cemetery. I know the...
This past weekend, I was at the battlefield. It happened to be one of the "Artillery Weekends" which the park periodically sponsors. Hence the following...
