Podcast: Author Tom McGrath on Battle of Shepherdstown

In Episode 6 of "The Antietam and Beyond Podcast," historian and author Tom McGrath discusses the Battle of Shepherdstown with me and co-host Tom McMillan. Fought Sept. 19-20, 1862, the battle on what was then Virginia soil (it became West Virginia in June 1863) was the final clash of the Maryland Campaign.

We discuss:

• The 118th Pennsylvania and how a "Civil War badass" in its ranks became a hero.
• The amazing terrain of the battlefield.
• What you can see on the hallowed ground today (cement mill ruins and a house with a cannon ball embedded in it!) and much more.

McGrath is author of Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign, September 19-20, 1862, which you can purchase here.