Hey Guys! I'm trying to follow the exact sequence of events in and around the cornfield in the hour or so from 6:30 to 7:30am. I don't need to track everything...
On Thursday July 1, five inmates from the Maryland Correctional Training Center cut weeds in the Piper orchard as dignitaries from the Maryland Division of...
I finally found the source of an interesting incident about Joseph King Fenno Mansfield while he was in Norfolk before his mortal wounding at Antietam as a...
Carman wrote the following: "The 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, after performing much detached duty during the day, was practically united soon after dark between...
Volunteers are needed to operate a new visitor information center at Antietam National Battlefield. The Newcomer House will open to the public on September 14,...
This summer, author and historian John Schildt will host a series of special twilight tours of the National Cemetery. Mr. Schildt is a renowned authority on...
After a many decades-long absence and thanks to the generous contributions of donors from all across the United States, the missing sword has been replaced on...
Munford with his 2nd and 12th Va. Cav. guarded Lee's right flank before, during and after the battle on the 17th. Thanks to Tom Clemens, I have a copy of a...
From sources I've read, the canal prism was empty from guard (feeder) lock three at mile 62.3 just above Harpers Ferry, up to guard four at mile 85.8, about...
We are pleased to announce that on June 11th we will be co-sponsoring an important benefit dinner and auction celebrating the publication of The Maryland...
The 1961 Dowdey-Manarin edition of "The Wartime Papers of R.E. Lee," prints (p. 296) a message #290 from Gen. Lee to Pres. Davis indicated as a telegram,...
Today I found two unrelated references to a small monument at Locust Spring Hospital, otherwise known as Geeting or Crystal Spring Hospital. This would have...
I am looking for info on these guys. Bates has two fascinating pages on the Militia of 1862 but nothing specific on this regiment. I am researching a guy from...
Fellow Historians: While not specifically on Antietam, noted historian Ed Bearss will present a program on the 9th Corps' first serious victory, The Battle of...
Would anyone have an extra issue or know where I could get one: Blue & Gray Magazine Sept. 1997, History and Tour Guide of the Battle for South Mountain and...
Does anyone have Steve Stotlmeyer's email address and/or phone? Thanks! Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth, marriage,...
Hi Folks. I am interested in finding the burial site of James (or Henry) Madison Watkins, Co. D, 11th VA Cav. DOW, 7/6/63 in Hagerstown. Initially buried in...
I'm researching the Antietam Iron Works and am trying to find out what year the dam broke. Also, if there are any other great sources about what happened there...
Stephen.. I took another look at that photographer's wagon stereoview (Recher or Freaner...I forget). Anyway...I want to back track on what I said. Looking...
Saw this in today's Hagerstown Herald -Mail: CW Whitehair will sign copies of "Escape Across the Potomac" on Saturday Feb 27, 10 a.m. to noon at Antietam...
Howdy everyone. Looking for a needle in a haystack. In "Stonewall Rode With Me" (grin), Henry K. Douglas related that in 1884 he arrange for Little Sorrel to...
Gang, In the TimeLife Voices of the Civil War volume dedicated to Antietam, on page 113, there is a photograph showing First Lieutenant Franklin H Weaver,...
Gang; According to Carman MS, Anderson's division is ordered by Longstreet, early on the morning of the 17, via M'Laws, "down the road (Shepherdstown Road) to...
I am looking for information about S.F. McFarland, Surgeon of the 43rd Regt, N.Y.S.M. He is from around Binghampton/Oxford New York. Funny thing is, I can't...
Hello again... I am working on a book on behalf of the City of Hagerstown (my employer). It is an Arcadia photo/illustration history of Hagerstown in the...
For Immediate Release – February 17, 2010 Shepherdstown, West Virginia For more information, contact: Edward E. Dunleavy President, Shepherdstown Battlefield...
