Tag Archives: Battle of Antietam

The Battle of South Mountain – September 14, 1862

Today is the 148th anniversary of the Battle of South Mountain.  After winning a decisive victory against US Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia, at the Second Battle of Manassas, CSA General Robert E. Lee set his sights north … Continue reading

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Save Historic Antietam Foundation – Phase I Tour Announced

Fellow Civil War blogger (Bull Runnings), Harry Smeltzer, asked me to pass along information on the Save Historic Antietam Foundation’s (SHAF) upcoming Phase I tour.  The tour is scheduled for Saturday, July 31, 2010, and will meet at 8:30 AM in … Continue reading

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The Maryland Campaign – Edited by Thomas G. Clemens

After 100 plus years, the first full length analysis of Ezra Carman’s 1,800 page history of the Maryland Campaign will be released. Published by my friends at Savas Beatie, LLC, it will inevitably become the most authoritative work on the … Continue reading

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2009 In Review – The Top 10 Articles on This Mighty Scourge

Happy 2010!  We have much to look forward to in the coming year.  But let us take a quick look at what happened in 2009.  According to Time magazine, the Top 10 ten news stories of 2009 were: 10. The … Continue reading

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Seymour H. Hall – Captain Co. F 121st New York Infantry

Seymour “Hiram” Hall was born in Barkersville, New York on September 26, 1835.  Little is known of Hiram’s early life.  With the outbreak of the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln’s call for 75,000 state militia volunteers on April 15, 1861, … Continue reading

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Interview With John Hoptak – Author of “Our Boys Did Nobly”

The Maryland Campaign has always been one of my favorite campaigns  in the eastern theater.  CSA General Robert E. Lee’s first incursion on northern soil was designed to take advantage of the momentum the Army of Northern Virginia experienced after … Continue reading

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Antietam – One Bloody Day in September 1862

After CSA General Robert E. Lee pushed US Major General George B. McClellan from the peninsula, at the conclusion of the Seven Days, he pushed quickly after US Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia.  The two adversaries would clash … Continue reading

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James Wiley, Sergeant 59th New York

James Barton Wiley was born in Ohio between 1836 and 1838.  By 1850 he was living with his parents, Jacob and Mary Wiley, in Noble, Ohio.  He was the oldest of seven siblings.  He was the only son of Jacob … Continue reading

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