“Zouaves – the First and the Bravest”
Dr. Tom Clemens Civil War Summer Lecture Series Dr. Tom Clemens holds a Doctorate in College Education-History from [...]
“‘The Heaviest Blow Yet Given the Confederacy’: The Emancipation Proclamation Changes the Civil War”
Kevin Pawlak Civil War Summer Lecture Series Kevin Pawlak is the Director of Education for the Mosby Heritage [...]
“The Last Army of the Republic: the Myth of the Unused Reserves at the Battle of Antietam.”
Steve Stotelmyer Civil War Summer Lecture Series Always interested in local history, especially South Mountain and Antietam, Mr. [...]
Sharpsburg Founder’s Day – Celebrating 255 Years of History
In 1763, on land called Joe’s Lott, Joseph Chapline laid out what was to be the first town in Washington [...]
O.T. Reilly: Sharpsburg Relics and Remembrances
Stephen Recker Civil War Summer Lecture Series Stephen Recker is a collector of rare Antietam photographs and relics. [...]
Ethnics in the Confederacy and at Sharpsburg
Ted Alexander Civil War Summer Lecture Series Ethnics in the Confederacy and at Sharpsburg - although the Civil [...]
Antietam Shadows: Mystery, Myth & Machination
Dennis Frye Civil War Summer Lecture Series Dennis Frye has been studying Antietam and the 1st invasion of [...]
Antietam Hospitals – John Schildt
Rev. John Schildt (photo credit: fredericknewspost.com) Civil War Summer Lecture Series John Schildt hardly needs an introduction. He [...]
The Farmsteads of Antietam – Joseph Parks Farm
Joseph Parks Farmstead While traveling on the roads running through the battlefield you can see most of the [...]
Civil War Ghost Stories at the Inn
Civil War Ghost of Sharpsburg by Mark & Julia Brugh In September 1862, fighting from the Battle of [...]
The Farmsteads of Antietam – Joshua Newcomer farm
Some of the earliest land patents of the future Washington County are dated between 1730 and 1740, and they were [...]
The Farmsteads of Antietam – Henry Piper Farm
Today the Henry Piper farm sits back off of the Old Hagerstown Pike. It is one of the oldest farmsteads [...]