Frank E Bell III – “Unused Reserves? McClellan’s Failure “To Destroy The Rebel Army”
N. Gen. Fitz John Porter and staff (LOC) For decades, news accounts published days after Antietam undergirded biting [...]
Mac Bryan – “The End of Compromise; Events That Led John Brown to Harpers Ferry”
History books will forever cite the beginning of the American Civil War as April 12, 1861 in Charleston Harbor but [...]
Dr. Tom Clemens – “Veterans’ Memories of Antietam”
Veterans of the 9th NY Vol. at the monument dedication in 1897. On Wednesday, July 6, Dr. Tom [...]
Joe Stahl & Matt Borders – “Union Faces of South Mountain and Harpers Ferry”
The first Confederate invasion of the North in the fall of 1862 led to a series of engagements known as [...]
David Welker – “The Cornfield: Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point”
On Wednesday, June 22st, David Welker will present his Summer Lecture Series presentation, "The Cornfield: Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point” The [...]
Brad Gottfried – “Brigades of Antietam”
While the 1862 Maryland Campaign has been extensively studied, a comprehensive treatment of the part played by each unit has [...]
Darin Wipperman – “A Damaged Friendship: McClellan and Burnside’s 1862 Correspondence”
On Wednesday, June 8th, Darin Wipperman will present his Summer Lecture Series talk, “A Damaged Friendship: McClellan and Burnside’s 1862 [...]
M. Chris Bryan – The XII Corps at Antietam: Tactical Details and Findings
On Wednesday, June 1st, Chris Bryan will kick off our Summer Lecture Series with his presentation, "The XII Corps at [...]
2022 Civil War Lecture Series
2022 is the 160th Anniversary of the 1862 Maryland Campaign and the Battle of Antietam. Join us at the Jacob [...]
John Schildt – “Roads to Gettysburg”
Rev. John Schildt (photo credit: fredericknewspost.com) John Schildt hardly needs an introduction. He is well known for his [...]
Darin Wipperman – “‘Such a Bloody Set of Men:’ The 35th Massachusetts in the Antietam Campaign”
Darin Wipperman On Wednesday, August 18th, Darin Wipperman will present his Summer Lecture Series talk, – “‘Such a [...]
Perry Jamieson – “Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock: The First Day at Gettysburg”
Dr. Perry Jamieson Perry Jamieson earned a PhD in history and worked for about thirty years as a [...]