-
Our park historian at Antietam often speaks of the “thousand mile front” of the Civil War in 1862. It is a point well stated. There is more [...]
December 31, 2012
-
2012 will go down as a great year for visitors to the Antietam Battlefield and Washington County, Maryland. An article in our local newspaper, [...]
December 30, 2012
-
I saw a holiday special TV program about Christmas traditions that spoke of how the most popular of all seasonal songs, “I’m Dreaming of a [...]
December 24, 2012
-
If you are reading this post – timed to go online one minute after the Mayan end of the world prediction – something good must have [...]
December 21, 2012
-
The Enfilading Lines Blog was born a year ago today on December 17, 2011. And I must say, this has been a lot of fun. I hope those who read [...]
December 17, 2012
-
Being an Army of the Potomac guy most especially, I often fail to think or read very long about the perspective from “the other side.” So, as [...]
December 15, 2012
-
Yesterday, on the actual sesquicentennial date of the Battle of Fredericksburg, I wrote about the attack of the 132nd PA upon Marye’s Heights. [...]
December 14, 2012
-
A Personal Account of Frederick Hitchcock of the 132nd PA Regiment – 150 Years Ago Today A favorite story I tell guests at Antietam (when [...]
December 13, 2012
-
One of the major characters at the Battle of Antietam is Clara Barton. It was here that she really made a mark that causing her to become [...]
December 12, 2012
-
December 11-15, 1862 – Fredericksburg, VA The huge Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg deserves so much more attention than I will be able [...]
December 11, 2012