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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
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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
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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
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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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Before I soon begin writing about the Battle of Fredericksburg, I am posting five parts of a new War reminiscences collection – one that I’ll [...]
December 1, 2012
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Here is the fourth of five posts from “Reminiscences of the Civil War: by Judge John W. Stevens, a Soldier in Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of [...]
November 29, 2012
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Skirmishes large and small on September 15 and 16 This is the third of five posts from “Reminiscences of the Civil War: by Judge John W. [...]
November 27, 2012
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This is the second of five posts from “Reminiscences of the Civil War: by Judge John W. Stevens, a Soldier in Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of [...]
November 25, 2012
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Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation We are yet a year away from the 150 years since Lincoln called for a national day of thanksgiving. The [...]
November 22, 2012
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This evening, the Antietam Battlefield Guides, Western Maryland Interpretive Association, National Park associates, and varied friends gathered [...]
November 16, 2012