2025 Summer Lecture Series
We are sad to announce that the Jacob Rohrbach Inn will no longer be hosting the Summer Lecture Series. Nine [...]
“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 [...]
Dixon S. Miles Reconsidered – Sharon Murray
Col. Dixon S. Miles Col. Dixon S. Miles was a career soldier in charge of the United States garrison at [...]
“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, [...]
2024 Civil War Lecture Series
We are excited to begin our ninth year hosting the Civil War Lecture Series. As much as we love hosting [...]
2023 Civil War Lecture Series
We are excited to begin our eighth year of hosting the Civil War Lecture Series. Since we started, we've raised [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
John Schildt – “Roads to Gettysburg”
Rev. John Schildt (photo credit: fredericknewspost.com) John Schildt hardly needs an introduction. He is well known for his [...]
Steve Stotelmyer – “The Insolence of Epaulets”
Steve Stotelmyer Steven R. Stotelmyer, a lifetime student of the Maryland Campaign, is a native of Hagerstown, Maryland. [...]
Kevin Pawlak and Joe Stahl – “Casualties and Chaos Command Attrition at Antietam”
Mortuary cannon for Gen. Rodman The Battle of Antietam produced casualties on an unprecedented scale in a [...]