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More than 150 years after the battle, these podcasters are digging up new Antietam stories
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIt would be easy to assume that all the historically significant details about the 1862 Battle of...
Shot during the Battle of Antietam, he remains RI's highest-ranking battle casualty
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOn Saturday, the Town of South Kingstown paid tribute to Civil War brigadier general and native son...
Antietam: For 4.5 million Americans, our ugliest day signaled a first step to freedom
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the better part of 160 years, military historians have been poring over the movements of Union...
23,000 casualties. 160 years. Three weekends of remembrance at Antietam
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSHARPSBURG — Sept. 17 marks the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, fought among the cornfields in southern Washington County as America struggled through divisions that threatened ...
Civil War Muster returns Sept. 17-18, featuring Battle of Antietam
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHOLLAND — Holland’s Van Raalte Farm will be transported back to the 1860s later this month for the...
This home was in the line of fire in 1862. Preservationists helped it dodge another bullet
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSHARPSBURG — For more than 160 years, this south county town's connection with the Civil War has...
Gallery at Northwest commemorates Civil War's Battle of Antietam
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSep. 18—A local collector has assembled a gallery to commemorate the anniversary of the deadliest battle in American history. Lockport resident Jim McGrath currently has a trio of paintings ...
A growing town, a Rebel invasion: Saving the documents that tell county's story
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMost of us would likely assume that Hagerstown grew outward from an original group of lots around...
State to use Old South Mountain Inn to focus on Civil War Battle of South Mountain
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhile plans for a visitor's center at the Old South Mountain Inn are still fluid, the Maryland Park...
Meet Antietam National Battlefield's next superintendent
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAntietam National Battlefield in southern Washington County is getting a new superintendent next...