Tom, Thanks much for the information. It's appreciated. Where can I find the most accurate maps of the battle that would detail the positions of the batteries...
Scott, I don't think you'll find out. Carman's map only shows the battalion, or at least part of it, but not individual batteries. We know Woolfolk was on...
Dear Scott, You can try the website for Antietam on the Web or the Library of Congress holdings of the Cope-Carman maps. Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be...
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Jul 29, 2010 11:58 am
From Hagerstown Herald-Mail (July 28, 2010): 60-ACRE PROPERTY NEAR BATTLEFIELD APPROVED FOR EASEMENT A 60-acre property near Antietam National Battlefield...
Harpers Ferry needs your help. http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/key-harpers-ferry-battlefield-l and-threatened/ Harry [Non-text portions of this...
Harry... The posting fails to point out that the water and sewer lines at Bolivar-South were installed in easements that the owner retained when they sold the...
Stephen, Would you mind terribly posting this to the comments section of my blog? If I can get confirmation on what you say about the digging, I'll amend the ...
True enough Steve, but you know as well as I do that the NPS had the requirement to perform a 106 Enviromental Impact Assessment & an Archeological Assessment...
I have to thank Harry for posting this and Steve for wanting to have all the facts properly shown. I also have to point out to Steve that I would estimate...
Folks, On a wargaming board, one guy recently purchased a model of the Church and saw that the model had clapboard siding on the church. I know the church was...
Not that I know of. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Folks, On a wargaming board, one guy recently purchased a...
I too have never heard of the Dunkard Church having any sort of wooden siding.......... Yr. Obt. Svt. G E "Gerry" Mayers To Be A Virginian, either by birth,...
Hi Everyone, I wanted to publicly thank Tom, Dennis Frye, Harry and all the others who put together such a great and instructive tour. It was the first ACW...
I too have never heard of the church ever having any wooden siding. However, that doesn't mean that it didn't. If there were an earlier structure it may have...
So sad but true. Please remember that the Park had ample time to arrange the purchase of this property. That entire side of the ridge by the road is zoned...
The Civil War museum I head has a wooden shingle that is supposed to be from the original Dunker Church. It has a painting of the Church on it which was...
Matt, There was, after the original church blew down in a windstorm in the early 1920s, a snack stand on the site. Could the shingle be from that building? Yr....
The church was built in the 1850's, forget the exact year but think it was 1857, on a small plat donated by Sam Mumma. What may be confusing someone isthat...
I wonder if it's possibly a model of Manor Dunker Church that was a few miles up the road closer to Hagerstown. This is where William Roulette sent his family...
Troy, Harry, Tom et al: Quotes from 10/06 article in Civil War News (most of the article is edited out to hit the high points, and some emphasis added by in...
Ok folks...before you get out the tar and feathers.... The first point I am making here is that no amount of public activism is substitute for good planning,...
Matt, In August 26, 1892 it was reported that "The old roof of the Dunkard Church has been replaced with a new one. O.T. Reilly bought two spring-wagon loads...
No it is stone and brick, not wood, and older than the Dunker Church. Nice thought though. Dr. Thomas G. Clemens Professor of History Hagerstown Community...
Hello Folks: I was looking at a HABS (Historical Architecture and Building Survey [I think]) report of Antietam and it mentions a set of initials carved in the...
To commemorate the 148th Anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown,the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. (SBPA) has scheduled a...
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Aug 22, 2010 3:03 am
NPS has announced the following road closures during paving of tour roads: Burnside Bridge Road Monday August 23. Burnside Bridge Road, Rodman Ave. and Branch...
Hi Ed, Unfortunately I have a tour at Antietam that afternoon which begins at 3PM. I should have checked my schedule more carefully. I would like to catch...
Jim, I am sure we can work that out, and I will talk to Ed. Thomas G. Clemens D.A. Professor of History Hagerstown Community College ... Hi Ed, Unfortunately I...
