Harsh Scholar Award notice Save Historic Antietam Foundation Inc. (SHAF) is proud to announce the opening of applications for the Dr. Joseph L. Harsh Memorial...
Would anyone have a photo of Mansfield's aide, Capt. Clarence Hopkins Dyer? None found in the usual places but I will check at the WP Library and Middlesex...
My deepest sympathy to fellow member Tom Clemens on the loss of Bo mber, his beloved dog. Undoubtedly t hat dog spent more time on the hallowed fiel ds of...
Gang, After the New Year I plan to start a companion novel to my first novel None But Heroes. This second novel will examine the same Maryland Campaign but...
Dear All, I would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a most blessed New Year. Now that we have (apparently) all survived the Mayan Apocalypse and...
Hi, Folks. Can someone kindly identify which bridges were supported by the two sets of stone ruins on the Potomac between the Route 34 bridge and the Norfolk...
I believe that Pleasant Valley is the name given to the valley between South Mountain and Elk Ridge given all the sources I've read. The valley to the east of...
All, Best wishes for Thanksgiving. As we gather around our tables tomorrow (Thursday), let us remember also those of the Armed Forces who are deployed away...
October 3, 1863 The last paragraph of the Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States,...
Gang; Best wishes to all for a great Thanksgiving. If any are traveling this holiday to family and friends, safe journeys and looking forward to more...
Dear gang, I'm doing work on an article that looks at the civilians at Antietam and how they were able to survive economically in the aftermath of the battle....
SHAF workday is two weeks from today! Meet at 9:00 AM at the flag pole outside of the Visitor's Center. Dress appropriately - bring work gloves and water! ...
I recently finished an exhausting series of trips to Antietam, with most recent being full day guiding a bus of 58 people around the battlefield. Great fun! ...
Speaking of Hills march,are there threads that I can refer to with this?I seem to be at odds with a number of folks as to his route on Sept 17,not the least...
hey guys, In 2000,i was touring in that area on my bicycle and met a local guy,also on a bicycle,at the Antietam VC.He rode with me back to Harpers Ferry and...
Gatehouse just published a short article on the myth of Barbara Frietchie.... Â http://www.gatehouse-press.com/?p=2535 Tom Shay [Non-text portions of this...
Follow this link for the interview: http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/interview-lance-j-herdegen-the-iron-brigade-in-civil-war-and-memory/ Thanks, ...
Go here: http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/interview-d-scott-hartwig-to-antietam-creek/ Harry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi, I received my copy on Friday, and right now am a little overwhelmed. I’m not sure if any campaign of the Civil War has received this kind of treatment....
Henry B. Schroeder from Petersville Maryland in Frederick County was a graduate of the West Point Class of 1844. He ranked 22 of 25 in the West Point class...
Does anyone know if Robert Francis Beckham USMA 1859 was at Antietam? He replaced John Pelham as the commander of Stuart's Horse Artillery upon Pelham's...
Are there are accounts regarding how AP Hill became aware of Miller’s Sawmill Road being the most advantageous route from the ford? He certainly didn’t...
Gang, The artist and correspondent H F Schell did a sketch of Killing's Cave around the time of the battle.When it appeared in the papers, the sketch was...
Hello, all. This may be a smidge off-topic, but here goes: On the West Virginia side of the Potomac, just as you come around the bend at the bottom of the hill...
Does anyone know if the small arched bridge over Little Antietam Creek (on Keedyville Roa d that leads to Upper Bridge) existed during the battle? I asked...
Gang, 150 years ago today men from the North and from the South were locking in a most sanguinary contention in the farm fields, wood lots and pastures around...
