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Showing posts with label Stephen Recker. Show all posts

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Journey in time: 'Stunning' 1891 Antietam images surface

The fence in the background runs along the Smoketown Road, the route the XII Corps took to the battlefield. (John Banks collection | C...

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

1885 image of Antietam National Cemetery

An 1885 cabinet card image of Antietam National Cemetery, taken by an unknown photographer. (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE.) A close-up...

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Antietam: An old battlefield image?

Is this an old photograph of Dunker Church at Antietam? (Connecticut State Library archives) CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. While researchi...

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Author Q&A: 'Rare Images Of Antietam'

Stephen Recker's book will be available by the 150th anniversary of Antietam on Sept. 17. Over a beer or two (Yuengling!) and sandw...

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John Banks: John Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime, Connecticut Yankees at Antietam and Hidden History of Connecticut Union Soldiers. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images. Banks, who attended Mount Lebanon (Pa.) High School, graduated from West Virginia University (B.A. in journalism). A longtime journalist (The Dallas Morning News, ESPN, The History Channel), he is secretary-treasurer of The Center for Civil War Photography.

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