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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Podcast: Antietam hero Rufus Dawes of the Iron Brigade

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In a freewheeling Episode 33 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," podcast hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks discuss Iron Brigade...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Tales from the road: A soldier's death near Cotton Grove Road

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The Battle of Salem Cemetery resulted in few casualties.                                       Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTube vi...
Sunday, March 09, 2025

Tales from the road: I scored Lincoln bust, battlefield horsehoe

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Glenn (left), a distant relative of Robert E. Lee, and Charles, the propietor of an  antiques store in Eagleville, Tennessee.              ...
Friday, March 07, 2025

Tales from the road: 'Is this the Liberty Gap battlefield'?

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Perry Sanders stands where he unearthed a cannon ball on the Liberty Gap battlefield.                                        Like this blog ...
Thursday, March 06, 2025

Podcast: Antietam guide, artillery expert Jim Rosebrock

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On Episode 32 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Antietam battlefield guide and author Jim Rosebrock — a retired U.S. Army offi...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Tales from the road: A massacre site at Sinking Cane

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The long-abandoned home of William and Cynthia Officer.                                        Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTube vi...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

'The Antietam And Beyond Podcast' hub

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  Find all episodes here, from author/historian Scott Hartwig to battlefield guides Jim Smith and Jim Buchanan.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Podcast: Rich Condon on Emancipation Proclamation, more

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On Episode 31 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," historian Rich Condon — editor of the Civil War Pittsburgh web site — talks w...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Podcast: Grammy winner Taylor Agan on Antietam, ancestors

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On Episode 30, 2025 Grammy Award winner Taylor Agan, who has, like, one billion Civil War soldier ancestors, talks with co-hosts Tom McMill...
Monday, February 10, 2025

The new (and perhaps most remote) Civil War Trails sign

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Jason Saffer of Civil War Trails levels the new sign in Virginia Beach, Virginia.                                       Like this blog on  F...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Podcast: Author Chris Bryan on 12th Corps at Antietam

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On Episode 29, Chris Bryan — author of Cedar Mountain to Antietam: A Civil War Campaign History of the Union XII Corps, July-September 1862...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Tales from the road: His love for history knows no bounds

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Glen Echo on the Battle Ground Academy campus.                                       Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTube videos My hi...
Friday, January 03, 2025

Podcast: Antietam guide/mapmaker/author Brad Gottfried

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On Episode 28, Brad Gottfried — Antietam battlefield guide and Antietam Institute board member — talks about his Civil War map books, inclu...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Tales from the road: Sights, smells on Hood's retreat route

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My journey started in Lynnville, Tennessee, the town that suffered a "partial burning" by the Union Army, according to this histor...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Podcast: Dr. Mike Nickerson on Battle of Shepherdstown

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On Episode 27 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Dr. Mike Nickerson — president of the Shepherdstown (W.Va.) Battlefield Prese...
Tuesday, December 03, 2024

Tales from the road: Jimmy Gentry and the horrors of Dachau

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Jimmy Gentry statue near a church in Franklin, Tennessee.                                         Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTube...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

Tales from the road: 'Disappearing' into Dill Branch Ravine

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Dill Branch Ravine (right) on the Shiloh (Tenn.) battlefield                                    Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTube v...
Saturday, November 23, 2024

Podcast: Antietam battlefield guide Jim Smith

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In a freewheeling Episode 26 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Antietam guide Jim Smith visits with co-hosts Tom McMillan and...
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Tales from the road: Meeting a witness to Nov. 22, 1963

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Ex-Secret Service agent Paul Landis and I visited at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Marshfield, Mo.                                        L...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Tales from the road: 'Andrew Johnson is the old traitor'

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The house in Greenville, Tennessee, where Andrew Johnson lived before and after his presidency.                     Like this blog on  Faceb...
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Tales from the road: Devilish terrain at Armstrong Hill

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A post-war pond -- ah, let's call it a lake -- on ground where fighting occurred in 1863.                     Like this blog on  Faceboo...