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Getting a handle on the numbers of casualties at Antietam is difficult for anyone. The official number we go with is 23,110. While walking [...]
December 8, 2013
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It was during this election week of early November 150 years ago in 1863 that Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin was re-elected. He was [...]
November 9, 2013
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This may well qualify as my most bizarre headline ever! Yes, as I write this, the government is shut down to the extent that Antietam National [...]
October 2, 2013
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So here on the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, I am a bit predisposed. I’m not at the Battlefield – as I was last year, [...]
September 17, 2013
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The Gettysburg Advance / WV Statehood As I move around today and this weekend here in Washington County, MD, I am sure my thoughts will at [...]
June 22, 2013
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< Read through to the end, as several pictures are placed full-sized in the middle of the this post > Today, my family bought the ownership [...]
May 21, 2013
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On occasions when hosting guests at Antietam, if there is extra time, or if weather or circumstances around the visitor’s center preclude an [...]
December 4, 2012
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Here is a short excerpt – again from the pen of George F. Noyes in his book “The Bivouac and the Battlefield.” As was evident in the post [...]
October 27, 2012
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150 Years Ago – 10/24-10/26: This will be essentially my last posting in the recent series about the “Antietam Aftermath,” and it will [...]
October 26, 2012
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This is the 11th of a series of posts on the aftermath of Antietam – this one again from the pen of George F. Noyes. This member of [...]
October 25, 2012
Enfilading Lines 