In a freewheeling Episode 37 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Dr. Jennifer Murray — incoming director of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University — joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks talks about her new role as well as the role of General George Gordon Meade at Antietam. Plus, they have a lively discussion about Meade's old warhorse, Old Baldy.
In a mini-podcast for Episode 35, Jon Erik-Gilot — curator at the Thomas Espy Post at the Andrew Carnegie (Pa.) Free Library And Music Hall — dishes with co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks on the recently held Maryland Campaign Symposium he organized. It featured historians Scott Harwig ("I Dread The Thought Of The Place"), Dennis Frye, Harry Smeltzer, John Hoptak, Ashley Whitehead Luskey and Kevin Pawlak. The podcast is sponsored by Civil War Trails.
In a freewheeling Episode 33 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks discuss Iron Brigade officer Rufus Dawes, who endured despite losing his best friend at Antietam. Plus, Tom dishes on his upcoming book, The Year That Made America, and John talks about staring into Ben Franklin's privy in Philadelphia and a post-Gettysburg battlefield tramping massage in Biglerville.
On Episode 32 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Antietam battlefield guide and author Jim Rosebrock — a retired U.S. Army officer and Department of Justice employee — talks with co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan about all things artillery at the Battle of Antietam. Plus, he dishes on two seldom-visited sites on the field and shares an unforgettable story about the horses of Antietam and .... oats!
Frye's house served as Ambrose Burnside's headquarters in the battle's aftermath, and in early October 1862, President Lincoln visited the general there.
Cool and his wife, Emily, live in a historic house on a farm that served as a major hospital site for the Union Army's Ninth Corps. On Sept. 15, 1862, two days before the battle, the Ninth Corps bivouacked on the property.
- Explore the 1864 Elliott map — part of the New York Public Library Digital Collections — for yourself here.
- Read more about the map on my blog here.
Marfut graduated from the U.S. Army War College with a master’s degree in strategic studies. In 2019, she was certified as an Antietam National Battlefield guide. Marfut is also a board member of the Antietam Institute, which you can read more about here. | Join the Antietam Institute.
- One of Save Historic Antietam Foundation's recent great saves of battlefield property.
- The origins of SHAF.
- Veteran Ezra Carman, who served as the historical expert for the board that created Antietam National Battlefield.
- The greatness of Bonnie's at The Red Byrd restaurant in Keedysville, Md. (Brown gravy!)
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.
Davidson hunts campsites and elsewhere throughout Washington County (Md.), where he and Clem live. He talks about his favorite finds, "the hunt after the hunt" and the ethics of a polarizing hobby. (Full disclosure: Neither McMillan nor Banks are relic hunters.)
WARNING: Relic hunting is ILLEGAL on National Park Service property. Public property, both state and federal, is generally not open to metal detecting and removal of artifacts. Consult your local laws. You must have permission to relic hunt on private property.
In Episode 3 of "The Antietam and Beyond Podcast," historian and author Alex Rossino joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks for an in-depth discussion of Special Order 191, the (in)famous and controversial "Lost Order." U.S. Army soldiers discovered the orders — issued by Army of Northern Virginia commander Robert E. Lee on Sept. 9, 1862, during the Maryland Campaign — wrapped in an envelope with cigars near Frederick, Md.
OLDER PODCASTS
Guest: Jim Kay on the Battle of Nashville Trust (June 25, 2020)
Guest: Ken Rutherford on Civil War landmines (June 23, 2020) The James Madison University professor talks about his recently released book, America’s Buried History / Landmines in the Civil War, his efforts to ban mines and his association with Princess Diana. (Length: 48 minutes)
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Guest: Brian Downey of The Battle of Antietam on the Web (April 30, 2020)
Guest: Rich Condon of Civil War Pittsburgh (Dec. 6, 2019) We talk about the 1862 Allegheny Arsenal explosion, forts in Pittsburgh, human interest stories, Mr. Rogers (!) and whiskey. Always whiskey! (Length: 47 minutes)
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Guest: Harry Smeltzer of Bull Runnings Blog (Aug. 26, 2019) Smeltzer talks about Bull Runnings, a journal of the digitization of a Civil War battle, and his fascination with the First Battle of Bull Run. Smeltzer, from the Pittsburgh area, is a board member of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation. (SHAF). (Length: 45 minutes)
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Guest: Jake Wynn of Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office (Aug. 6, 2019) Wynn, director of interpretation at Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office and Museum, discusses the Washington D.C. museum, Antietam and more. (Length: 51 minutes)
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Debut podcast! John Banks on Ford's Theatre disaster, more (Aug. 2, 2019) When rescue workers first arrived at Ford's Theatre after a section of the three-story building collapsed, they were struck by the eerie silence. Then the men began a frenzied search for survivors and the grim task of removing the dead. In all, 23 workers inside the building, including Civil War veterans, died in the June 9, 1893, tragedy. (Length: 32 minutes)
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