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 [...]
The Farmsteads of Antietam – Jacob Avey Farm
View of the Avey farm from the 9th NY Monument. cir. 1897 We continue the story of the Farmsteads of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Justin Mayhue – “Col. Mobley, 7th Maryland Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War”
Edward Mobley Colonel Edward M. Mobley was a local hero. He was a Civil War veteran, volunteer [...]
Richard P. D’Ambrisi – “Military Board Games of the Maryland Campaign of 1862”
Experience the American Civil War Maryland Campaign of 1862 from a different perspective. This presentation will review military strategy board [...]
Sharon Murray – “The Union Cavalry During the Maryland Campaign”
B. F. Davis spearheaded a "valiant coup that compared favorably with anything" his classmate JEB "Stuart had ever done" when [...]