In doing my research I had found a statistic that stated that there were over 50,000 artillery rounds fired at the Battle of Antietam. I thought I saw it on...
Anyone been to the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg? There is a nice 54mm diorama of the storming of Burnside's Bridge by the two 51sts. It is one of...
News release from Antietam NPS: Donation by Harrisburg Civil War Roundtable to Restore Piper Orchard Date: January 9, 2007 Superintendent John Howard today...
For those of us Southern "born & bred," a scalawag was one of "us" gone bad. Worse than carpetbaggers who were Yankees come south to take advantage of us, a...
From today's HAGERSTOWN HERALD-MAIL: Local history is now available for all to see at the Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown. A 72-page scrapbook...
Came across this article on AOL about a Lee portrait that hasn't been displayed in public since Reconstruction. It will be shown at the Museum of the...
If I may interject, your clue here was "by definition": Main Entry: scal·a·wag Variant(s): or scal·ly·wag /'ska-li-"wag/ Function: noun Etymology: origin...
Yesterday, I spent a grand day trekking the fields of Antietam. I took plenty of photos and will start placing them on my CWRT website. For starters, you can...
Does anyone know if a tour bus can make it across the bridge over the Little Antietam creek? NPS replied to my email that they do not know. Any info is...
Antietam Anecdotes: Human Interest Stories from the Antietam Campaign will be published in early 2007 by Colecraft Industries, who produced my corresponding...
Due to the great feedback on my new "Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign," (amazon.com), I am 75% of the way completed with its companion volume,...
Excuse my off-topic request, but it relates to preservation. My son is a reporter in Salisbury, Md. He is working on an article about the preservation and...
Guys -- (and Gals), I've just been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Kennesaw Mountain NBP Historical Asso. so if you're ever in or around Atlanta,...
Well Fort Meade is in Maryland. Now do we consider Maryland a northern or southern state? Yes, it stayed in the Union - BUT it is south of the Mason Dixon...
Is it possible for the AoNV to "win" this battle? This would have to be done w/o major changes to the history of the battle. However, that night, the AOP...
All, I am currently working on a script for a video on the Maryland campaign including the Battle of Antietam. I was hoping I could check some facts with the...
Save Historic Antietam Foundation, Inc. and the National Park Service invite you to pitch in at the next Battlefield Work Day. To be held on Saturday, 11...
The next meeeting of Gettysburg CWRT is November 16 , 2006. The meeting with feature Stephen Recker (interactive historian and Director of the Antietam...
On Sunday November 5, 2006, the National Capital Model Soldier Society will have exhibits displayed in the upstairs of the Antietam park visitor center for one...
Tom; You at least should be glad she was able to connect the song to the movie!!!! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth,...
Greetings everyone... Forgive the formality of the following information, but I cut and pasted it from an email. On December 2, we will be having a fundraising...
After a little searching at the park here is some information on Jerry Summers, the man who lived in the structure on the south side of the Sunken Road. -...
A recent question to the group asked about a structure in the background of a photo posted on the NPS Antietam site. Albert Kern visited the battlefield...
Sharpsburg Heritage Day Saturday, September 16, 2006, 9:00 - 5:00, on S. Mechanic St. south of square, Sharpsburg All Day - Festivities located on the first...
Dear Brian, Just copy your answer and then post it to TalkAntietam group. Even though you are one of the rangers at Antietam NBP, however, I think the Mumma...
Dear Cory, There are two photographs of the Sunken Road, known since the battle as Bloody Lane, in the link you cited re the new Antietam NBP website. The...
Antietam NPS website has been redesigned. Take a look via: http://www.nps.gov/anti/ On that website, there is a link to a PDF file for the anniversary hikes,...
Hi Folks, Dave Gaddy has written an article for AotW on a recently published wartime map of the Antietam Battlefield showing, among other detail, Confederate...
From today's Hagerstown Herald-Mail... REWARD OFFERED IN BATTLEFIELD DUMPING SHARPSBURG - A $100 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest...
Gang, Can anyone tell me if Sumner effectively pushed Sedgwick's division out beyond the Alfred Poffenberger farm? Thanks! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To...
