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I’ve met some really nice people lately at Antietam. Last week, a very nice and kind older couple from North Carolina came to the [...]
August 11, 2012
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August 9th marks the 150th anniversary of the Virginia battle called Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter’s Mountain – named after a man [...]
August 10, 2012
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For the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam weekend, our Battlefield Guides program is going to be working alongside and in conjunction [...]
August 6, 2012
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My friend Steve Recker has announced that his upcoming book Rare Images of Antietam will be out and available before the 150th anniversary of [...]
August 3, 2012
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Though I have lived now within a few miles of Antietam for the past 18 years, and though I’ve been especially interested in this battle of the [...]
July 30, 2012
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I thought I’d pause from the historically-oriented post after post of late to write something about several of the most recent groups I’ve [...]
July 26, 2012
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< The following is from my research for a book I continue to threaten to someday actually finish! It is from a period of time where Abner [...]
July 23, 2012
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On this date 150 years ago – July 22, 1862 – President Lincoln announces to his Cabinet his decision to issue a proclamation of slave [...]
July 22, 2012
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At this point of the Civil War during this summer season of 1862, now 150 years ago, not only had the temperatures risen, so had the varied [...]
July 17, 2012
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Events of 150 years ago this week evidenced the gradually changing views of Abraham Lincoln toward the issue of slavery and emancipation. Clearly [...]
July 14, 2012