• The official number of the casualties at the Battle of Antietam is most often given as 23,110. A couple of weeks ago, I really thought I was [...]

  Thought I Was Going to Die at Antietam

  April 15, 2014
• Yesterday, on the actual sesquicentennial date of the Battle of Fredericksburg, I wrote about the attack of the 132nd PA upon Marye’s Heights. [...]

  LOST COLORS of the 132nd PA RECOVERED

  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 [...]

  The Attack of the 132nd PA upon Marye’s Heights

  December 13, 2012
• This is an additional follow-up to the material shared yesterday about the account of Frederick Hitchcock of the 132nd PA – who wrote of [...]

  Sleeping on a Grave – Follow-up

  November 6, 2012

• I find no greater joy in Civil War research than to read the remarks of those who were there – to follow their journals and memoirs. So many of [...]

  Sleeping on a Grave – 150 Years Ago Today

  November 5, 2012
• 150 Years of Controversy How do we interpret General George B. McClellan? This is a challenge for us as Antietam Battlefield Guides, though the [...]

  The Enigmatic McClellan

  January 17, 2012