hello new to the group, i am someone who likes history, especially the civil war and wanted to chat with anyone about antietam, my question is how many...
An email correspondent has asked for help in identify an iron plaque she's just bought. She heard it might have been attached to houses that survived the War....
Gang, In reading the Carman MS description of the Battle of Sharpsburg (link: http://kperlotto3.home.comcast.net/~kperlotto3/carman/carman.html) lists three...
Dear Tom, Was the Cox's Farm Road expedition a viable one? Did Harsh ever indicate to you his thoughts on it? Apparently Stuart must have communicated...
Gang, While reading the copy of the Carman MS dealing with the battle itself, particularly the Sunken Road, I noticed the following information: Referring to...
Gang, Any one recall whether there is a fee or is it a donation requested....for the Antietam Memorial Illumination? If a donation requested, how much is the...
I've been following the recent exchanges concerning Anderson and McLaws with interest. In the approach march to Harper's Ferry, McLaws followed the Pleasant...
All; Which Newcomer was it that had the small farm where the Piper Farm Lane/Sunken Road joined up with the Boonsboro - Keedysville Road? The Trailhead...
National Geographic's new "Atlas of the Civil War" (ISBN: 978-1-4262-0347-3/0348-0; Neil Kagan, ed.), has several beautifully drawn or reproduced maps in...
Photo essay on the Lincoln Home National Historic Site http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/springfield-il-part-ii-lincoln-home/ Harry [Non-text...
Other than I am working on the maps, still need to review the proofs and a myriad of other details, no. And I did not write the promo paragraph and only hope...
I forgot to add that I tinker with a stereo camera and have taken about 20 modern stereoviews of the Antietam area. I do them in B&W and mount them in frames...
Hello to all.... I guess I'm the new kid in town so I thought I would just check in. The 1862 Maryland Campaign is without a doubt my favorite area of...
Just read that a car hit a monument today near the Sharpsburg Pike and then a stone wall. Any news on the monument? The driver did not do well. Larry...
Gang, A few September 17th questions..... 1. Harsh, in TATF, mentions that on the very early morning of September 17th, McLaws finds Longstreet and some of his...
Stephen, I can not for some reason send you the information I found about the 124th Pa in the Carman MS on the Sid Meier game as my ISP thinks it is spam. Go...
I just came across this PhD thesis online(Remembering Antietam: Commemoration and Preservation of a Civil War Battlefield) and looked through it. I has some...
I was on the 3:30 tour with Tom McGrath and we seemed not to be on the smooth part I remember from last year. His description of the battle was excellent...
See this news story. It's all the detail I have right now. http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/breaking-news-ftc-ruling-affect s-bloggers/ Harry ...
Gang, In Taken at the Flood, pg. 342, Harsh mentions a letter which Lee writes to Davis about the progress of the Maryland campaign from September 12 through...
I know the anniversary of the battle is on the 17th. Is there any information on activites/reinactments/dates? Hopefully will be on a weekend and a weekend I...
Dear Tom, Thanks for that bit of terrain information! I think Joe Harsh has G B Anderson totally misplaced in his maps in TATF. Think he also got "Tige"...
Gang, Murfin describes a second Confederate battle line just behind the Sunken Road itself, on the edge of the Piper cornfield, in his chapter on the Sunken...
I was on the 3:30 crossing this Saturday and was wondering if the 2:30 tour had any problems in finding the actual ford. I remember last year after a little...
Two new Podcasts are available. A new Antietam podcast, the third in a series featuring that battlefield, explores the final Union assault Sept. 17, 1862, and...
On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, the remains of a Union soldier recently found at Antietam, will lay in state at the NYS Military Museum in Saratoga. The...
Rene Tyree posted an interesting statement from Harsh that Burnside in Frederick was "considerably nearer" to HF than Franklin in Licksville (now Tuscarora) on...
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...
