Check out this list of five of the world’s most impressively preserved military sites. Antietam make the list at number 4. Many thanks to SHAF and the...
I see the Mansfield part of the Antietam Cyclorama by Paul Philippoteaux in CWTI August 1996 pp. 32-33 (thanks to John Gross) but no reference to the source of...
Question to the experts... I have seen references to General Rodman passing away in Hagerstown, and in "a home near Hagerstown". I believe he died on...
From Hagerstown Herald-Mail : Officials at Antietam National Battlefield probably will cut back on park ranger-led tours, programs for school students, regular...
Antietam Journal website has posted Antietam's schedule of events for 2013. http://antietamjournal.blogspot.com/ Plenty of hikes and such... March 17(Sunday)...
SHEPHERDSTOWN - March 16th - Civil War Historians Book Signing Dinner The Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. and the Save Historic...
Dear all, I'm going some research into the timings of the discovery and transmission of SO191 to McClellan's HQ. Most data seems to agree (discovered after...
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.... 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, ...
