2025 Summer Lecture Series
We are sad to announce that the Jacob Rohrbach Inn will no longer be hosting the Summer Lecture Series. Nine [...]
One Man’s Experiences: Major Rufus Dawes and the Battle of Antietam – D. Scott Hartwig
Join us on Monday, July 15 as historian D. Scott Hartwig follows the experiences of Major Rufus Dawes of the [...]
“Roads to Antietam” – John Schildt and Laura Marfut
Theatre of operations, Maryland Campaign, September 1862 (LoC) The creaking of the wheels, the smell of sweaty leather harnesses, the [...]
“‘The hills were black with spectators’: Civilians on the Antietam Battlefield” – Dr. Jim Broomall
Frank H. Schell drew this wartime sketch showing trenches dug for the Confederates as local civilians watch. It was printed [...]
Longstreet’s March to Hagerstown and Back, Sept. 11-14, 1862 – Dr. Alex Rossino
James Longstreet A mere footnote in most histories of the Maryland Campaign, the march of Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's diminished [...]
“At the Forefront of the Armies: The Role of the Cavalry During the Maryland Campaign” – Dr. Brad Gottfried
Confederate Army crossing Potomac River The cavalry of both armies played important, but largely overlooked roles during all phases of [...]
The Empire State at Antietam – Jim Rosebrock
New York State Monument at Antietam (NPS) Our 2024 summer lecture series kicks off on June 3rd with Jim Rosebrock, [...]
2023 Lecture Series and SHAF Donation
This year proved to be one of our best seasons yet. Thirteen weeks were packed full of excellent speakers and [...]
The Life and Times Henry Kyd Douglas – John Schildt
Henry Kyd Douglas was a local young man that had grew up at Ferry Hill. His father twice pastored the [...]
“A Perfect Purgatory”: Two Generals’ journeys from Antietam Creek to the Trans-Mississippi – Michael Lang
William Franklin and John Walker If you discover a Civil War general has suddenly disappeared from the historical literature after [...]
John Pelham: Trained at West Point but Aiming Artillery for the Confederacy – Sarah Kay Bierle
What was it like to be a cadet at West Point for five years immediately prior to the Civil War? [...]
The Antietam Paintings of James Hope – Brad and Linda Gottfried
Most everyone who has visited the original Antietam Visitors Center and ventured downstairs has seen James Hope’s five panoramic paintings [...]