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Ten miles north of Antietam/Sharpsburg is the city of Hagerstown. The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts currently features a one-year special [...]
October 18, 2012
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As a part of my series of posts on the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, here I offer an excerpt from the well-written history of the 51st PA [...]
October 15, 2012
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Sights around the Dunker Church Over a number of blog posts, I want to share with readers a series of descriptions of the scenes surrounding the [...]
October 14, 2012
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Antietam Aftermath – part 2 This is the 2nd in a series of posts on the scenes of devastation and army life after the Battle of Antietam – [...]
October 12, 2012
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The largest battle of the Civil War in Kentucky took place on October 8, 1862 in Perryville (a.k.a. Chaplin Hills, from the location west of [...]
October 10, 2012
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It was 150 years ago on the date of October 4, 1862 that Lincoln departed Antietam and headed back to Washington after his surprise visit of [...]
October 5, 2012
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On this date of October 2nd in 1862, President Lincoln arrived in the Sharpsburg area from Harpers Ferry in a trip to visit the Army of the [...]
October 2, 2012
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One of the great human interest stories is that of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr… wounded at Antietam in the West Woods, ultimately to recover and [...]
September 28, 2012
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What more iconic image of the American Civil War is there than the Burnside Bridge at Antietam? The structure itself – nestled in a bucolic [...]
September 26, 2012
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It was on this date of September 22, 1862 that Lincoln issued publically a preliminary proclamation of emancipation of slaves in states in [...]
September 22, 2012
Enfilading Lines 