Gang; In his chapter in TATF on September 16, Harsh mentions the movement of Ripley's brigade of D H Hill up towards the Mumma Farm. In a footnote to that same...
The 5th Annual Concert to benefit the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. will be held on September 18, 2009 at the Shepherdstown Train...
I will be a hosting a chat on the battle of Antietam this Monday night in the military-discussion.com chat room with battlefield guide Mannie Gentile will be...
Dear All, Yesterday evening, while sitting under a tent fly at a small CW event, along with two friends, one whom portrays Gen. J Longstreet and the other who...
Gang, Joe Harsh mentions the presence of Confederate reports concerning the Sunken Road in one of the footnotes to the chapter section in TATF dealing with the...
The NPS has posted a news release of the Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday hikes for this year's Antietam Battlefield celebration. The post also includes...
Read about a new Civil War Battle Blog you may find interesting: http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/chickamauga-blog/ Harry [Non-text portions of...
Read about a new Civil War Battle Blog you may find interesting: http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/chickamauga-blog/ Harry [Non-text portions of...
In Tim Reese's excellent article on the skirmish at QS (a few years ago in Blue & Gray), the school is located near the Marker Road / Mountain Church Road, and...
For Immediate Release – July 30, 2009 Shepherdstown, West Virginia For more information, contact: Edward E. Dunleavy President, Shepherdstown Battlefield...
Perhaps I have my battles mixed up, but I thought it was Maj.-Gen. Hooker who referred to the morning of the battle of Antietam as a "dark and leaden day" or...
For Immediate Release – June 23, 2009 Shepherdstown, West Virginia For more information, contact: Edward E. Dunleavy President, Shepherdstown Battlefield...
I don't know if anyone would have seen this article, the link for which is below. It includes a an overview of the unit history of the original unit and a...
Does anyone have access to the Broadfoot SC Rosters? I am trying to write a mini-biography of Capt. Robert Boyce, Macbeth Battery. Any help wiould be...
Is there a familiar face on page 21 of the August 2009 "Civil War Times" described as "Tom C., History Buff, Antietam Battlefield, Md.?" Go Tom and "Gozaic." ...
Going over Carman's manuscript, Chap. 10, p. 576-77, I am stumped by a statement he makes that I cannot reference. Please read the following excerpt: At the...
Has anyone ever tried, or had any luck taking the CC maps in MrSid format to somewhere like Kinkos and getting a large format, color hard copy printed out? I...
Good morning folks... Two quick questions... 1. Does anyone have any data on the regimental strength of the 1st North Carolina Cavalry at the outset of the...
Steve, John Owen Allen, "The Strength of the Union and Confederate Forces at Second Manassas," Masters thesis, George Mason University, 1993, shows 411 in 10 ...
Probably most of us agree that Longstreet's famous cannon crew fired from near the Hagerstown Pike. But has it been settled that he and his staff did crew a...
For Immediate Release – May 4, 2009 Shepherdstown, Morgantown, West Virginia For more information, contact: Edward E. Dunleavy President, Shepherdstown...
A must do event for those of us who can do one of these distances or volunteer or spectate. From their website: The Freedom's Run Events will allow runners and...
All, Brig Gen. John Buford was selected by McClellan on 10 September to be his administrative chief of cavalry with Pleasonton commanding in the field. Buford...
Alfred Waud did a sketch which purportedly shows a skirmish between the 14th Brooklyn and "300 Rebel Cavalry" on September 17, 1862. I find nothing in Harsh,...
Gang, One thing that puzzles me about where some of Longstreet's staff was the night before the battle is there seems to be no fixed HQ (if you discount the...
For Immediate Release – April 8, 2009 Shepherdstown, West Virginia For more information, contact: Edward E. Dunleavy President, Shepherdstown Battlefield...
For those who missed the Work Day on March 28: We can also plant some trees in the East Woods on Saturday April 11. Please be at the Visitor's Center Parking...
What is the best way to get to the site of the Pry Ford? Any tips on parking and path are welcome (I'm interested in east and/or west side approaches). Tom...
Gang, Harsh says in TATF that Colonel Walton, on his own authority, ordered the longest range Confederate artillery to open fire on Federals across the...
Gang, Tom Clemens sent me copies of some letters he recently found sent to a Captain R D Parker, Downer's Grove, Illinois. The letters largely were from...
