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 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 [...]
John Brown’s Raid: Harpers Ferry and the Coming of the American Civil War, October 16-18, 1859 – Kevin Pawlak & Jon-Erik Gilot
The first shot of the American Civil War was not fired on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina, but [...]
The Battle for Maryland Heights in the Siege of Harpers Ferry – Laura Marfut
Towering over the Potomac River and Harpers Ferry from the north is Maryland Heights, the key to success for both [...]
“His Example Will Not be Lost”: The 30-day Civil War of Robert Hale Ives, Jr. – Darin Wipperman
Busy with pursuits at home in Rhode Island, Robert Hale Ives, Jr., who was born in 1837, did not immediately [...]
Sugar Loaf Mountain: The Overlooked Confederate Intelligence Failure of the Maryland Campaign – Steve Stotelmyer
On July 12, historian and author, Steven Stotelmyer will talk about Sugar Loaf Mountain: The Overlooked Confederate Intelligence Failure of [...]
The Chambersburg Raid: Jeb Stuart’s October 1862 Ride Around the Army of the Potomac – Jim Smith
A few weeks after the Battle of Antietam, Jeb Stuart led a Confederate cavalry force into Pennsylvania. What was their [...]
Antietam Artillery Battle Lines. Jim Rosebrock
In his research for the book Artillery of Antietam, author Jim Rosebrock identified seven distinct artillery sectors on the field [...]