To commemorate the 148th Anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown,the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. (SBPA) has scheduled a...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
From Hagerstown Herald-MailĀ (July 28, 2010): 60-ACRE PROPERTY NEAR BATTLEFIELD APPROVED FOR EASEMENT A 60-acre property near Antietam National Battlefield...
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...
Interview with the editor of "The Maryland Campaign of September, 1862, Vol.!" http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/interview-dr-thomas-clemens-the ...
From Hagerstown Herald-Mail: When Lindsay Miles and Corey Wolfensberger told their pastor they wanted to get married at Antietam National Battlefield, he took...
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...
