It appears Friday November 23 (Black Friday) will be the new date for the mini-muster at Antietam. If you wish to join us in stomping the battlefield (no...
Greetings everybody. Happy Thanksgiving. We here in the Hagerstown Planning Department would like to put in a grant proposal to the Civil War Heritage Area...
Tom McGrath's book on the battle of Shepherdstown has been released. The title is "Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign, Sept. 19-20, 1862" It...
Go here for more on the story we discussed here a little while back: http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=178339&format=html Harry ...
Hey, everyone! I've gotten a few queries (and congrats) on the release of the Carman ms. It's a TAD premature. I'm not sure where the late Oct. date in Amazon...
Friends, I think many of us would appreciate it if posters would delete portions of old messages that are not needed in a reply. There is no sense in seeing...
Thanks!! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even on one's mother's side, is an introduction to any...
The Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable is sponsoring a field trip to Antietam National Battlefield on Saturday May 19th. This trip departs from Gettysburg at 7:30...
Gang, Would someone be able to tell me how G B Anderson's NC Brigade approached/marched to Fox's Gap from the Benevola area on the morning of September 14,...
All, I don't post much on this list, but I do read all of the posts I see. I am a member of the Rocky Mountain Civil War Round Table, and we visited Antietam ...
On Saturday, November 3, 2008 at 11 a.m. in the Confederate Cemetery at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hagerstown, MD, there will be a ceremony dedicating a new stone...
Hello, all. I'm new to the group, but I've got a question: I'm looking for early (1862-1930's or so) entrepreneurs in the Sharpsburg area who dealt...
News from NPS ANTIETAM.... "Antietam National Battlefield Waives Entrance Fees For All Military Veterans and Current Members of the Armed Forces on Veterans...
Several members who had agreed to meet at Antietam have canceled. Hence, we (regretably) are going to have to re-schedule the Oct 26 muster to sometime in...
As previously noted, several Antietam fans are meeting on Friday October 26 on the battlefield for a day of tours. There is no cost. If any members are...
From Antietam NPS website: Subject: Environmental Assessment for Roadway Improvements Date: October 17, 2007 Antietam National Battlefield Superintendent...
From NPS website... Date: October 17, 2007 Later this month members of the Antietam National Battlefield Cultural Resources Division will begin dismantling...
I am a member of the MHO (www.militaryhistoryonline.com) group. Several avid Antietam fans have suggested that we meet for a 1-day muster at Antietam. On...
Here it is: http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/southeast/va_stories/2007/09/28/trbattlefield_0928.html Paula [Non-text portions of this message have...
Stephen, Checking an 1867 dictionary (from our collection of nineteenth-century dictionaries--this one just happened to be at hand): "Bivouac" is as French...
So I am reading my Sunday paper and I come across the Travel section and Lo and Behold - I see someone I know - Tom Clemens. There is a nice article on hiring...
Quick question: Am I correct in my understanding that the Sharpsburg- Keedysville Road is the SAME roadway as the Boonsboro-Sharpsburg Road/Pike? (Keedysville...
Just to add some trivia here Isaac WistAr was the distant cousin of Langhorne WistEr of the 150th Pa. I have done a little research on this family - mostly on...
Where is there an account of Mosby's activities during the Maryland Campaign? I have read that he was present but so far that is all I have found. Larry...
Hey Brian, That colonel was Colonel Isaac J. Wistar of the 71st Pennsylvania. He was
shot through the left shoulder, and in his autobiography tells a similar...
Hi My name Is Ann And i own a site about American civil war and i wonder have photo that are relate to the American civil war i willput up them on my site ...
I went down to visit the battlefield for the first time this past weekend. Got there late Sunday, just in time for the 4:00 talk and then visited the...
When I was leaving the visitors center yesterday, six buses full of marines from Quantico,in civilian clothing pulled up. They all had backpacks and looked...
