Tom, When it rains, it pours! Would love to be there but have already made plans to attend a Confederate Memorial Day service at Laurel Hill Cemetery in...
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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...
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May 26, 2010 12:24 pm
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,...
Just a reminder to all interested in keeping Antietam the best preserved Civil War battlefield. You can follow Save Historic Antietam Foundation on Facebook,...
Carman wrote the following: "The 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, after performing much detached duty during the day, was practically united soon after dark between...
Larry, You are correct as far as I know about the roads. You recall that the 7th VA Cav arrived after dark and actually occupiedthe Ground Squirrel Church...
SHAF Sponsored Tour of Phase I of the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862 On Saturday, July 31, 2010, the Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF) will...
Where, exactly, was Lee's HQ in Hagerstown on September 13, 1862. I have heard he was where the city park is now, but don't know the best source. Thanks....
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...
Larry, Thanks for the information. The actual ford is at the top of the island. Some people tend to do a lower crossing but I have no idea why. I would like to...
Larry, Can I "borrow" this for my Mansfield article? I knew he opened fire, but i don't think I have seen the quote before. Would you like to see the...
Tom, Â Yes, use this info as you wish. Here is the link to the book: Â ...
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Jul 2, 2010 3:01 am
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...
Steve.. Have you seen the portrait photo of Elias Recher at the WCHS collection? I ran across it in their photo files. You are the Recher expert...are you...
Steve, Thanks for the note. Very interesting. I am aware of the stereo of him with his photo wagon and the numerous portraits in the Recher family file, but I...
If you are talking about the black and white 8x10 copy print of him with the big beard, I have no doubt that it is him, simply by comparing it to the stereo....
Steve.. This one shows him (assuming it is him) as a young man, by the clothing I would estimate the late 1850s.....clean shaven on the front of the face, but...
Steve, Thanks, but I have scans of those images already for my book on early photography at Antietam coming if fall of 2012 (shameless plug). I have no...
Steve, I got to thinking. The middle photo is an albumen which, though invented around 1850, really came into vogue in studios in 1855, about the time Recher...
Steve (Recker), From reading the earlier post, are you and your son descendants of the Rechers? Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by...
No, no relation. I was intrigued, though, when I found out that the patriarch of Antietam photographers was named Recher, and often spelled his name Recker. No...
Subscribers to Civil War History may be interested in this interview with the new editor of the journal. ...
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Jul 11, 2010 3:05 am
From Hagerstown Herald-Mail: When Lindsay Miles and Corey Wolfensberger told their pastor they wanted to get married at Antietam National Battlefield, he took...
Has anyone ever identified which Confederate battery lost the limber in the foreground of the famous Alexander Gardner photo taken on September 19, 1862 with...
Dear Scott, To the best of my knowledge, that destroyed limber was in the area where Stephen Dill Lee had posted his artillery battalion, that later became...
Thanks "Gerry." The limber most definitely belonged to one of Stephen D. Lee's batteries, but which one? There's a few possibilities. I've seen recent maps...
Scott, I don't remember reading anything about which battery might have lost it in the BB letters, but will let you know if I find anything. Thomas G. Clemens...
Interview with the editor of "The Maryland Campaign of September, 1862, Vol.!" http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/interview-dr-thomas-clemens-the ...
