
The current issue of the Antietam Journal is Volume X (March 2026).
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
“A Most Destructive Fire”: Recreating and Analyzing the 1862 Landscape of Antietam
By Aaron M. Holley
“Truly This Is A Strange War:” The Letters of James Silliman (28th Pennsylvania) from the Maryland Campaign, 1862, Part II
By Olin D. Zimmet and Allen C. Guelzo
In Their Own Words – George T. Stevens Describes the Aftermath of the Antietam Battlefield
By D. Scott Kenepp
Antietam Artifacts
Letter from the Front: A Son’s Tragic Death at Antietam
By Kevin Boyer
In Antietam’s Footsteps
The Wanderings of Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee’s Brigade in the Days Before the Battle of Antietam
By Donald J. Madar
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with Dr. Emilie Amt
By Laura Marfut
Antietam: Then and Now
By Chris Vincent
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership Honor Roll
Antietam Journal Archives

Volume I, September 2021
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column
An Introduction to the Antietam Journal by Kevin R. Pawlak
Feature Articles
Perceptions Not Realities: The Army of the Potomac in the Maryland Campaign by Daniel J. Vermilya
The Loudon Valley Campaign of 1862 by Matt Borders
Antietam Artifacts
Private Charles L. Perry’s Identification Tag by Josephh Stahl
In Antietam’s Footsteps
From Fox’s Gap to Antietam National Cemetery: The 45th Pennsylvania Infantry by J. O. Smith
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with John Schildt by Laura Marfut
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies

Volume II, March 2022
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column
This issue of the Antietam Journal by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
Davis’ Valiant Coup: Breaking the Union Cavalry Out of Harpers Ferry, September 14, 1862 by Sharon Murray
Ezra Carman’s Missing Fight by Bradley M. Gottfried
“The Bravest of the Brave… Under So Much Dirt”: Floridians in the Maryland Campaign by Phillip S. Greenwalt
In Their Own Words
John Delaney to John Gould, March 27, 1891 by Darin Wipperman
Antietam Artifacts
Mansfield’s Hat for a Sword: The Collection of Capt. George Nye, 10th Maine Infantry by Nicholas P. Picerno
In Antietam’s Footsteps
Goodbye Letters from the Battlefield by J. O. Smith
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with Dr. Gordon Damman by Laura Marfut
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership List

Volume III, September 2022
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column
This issue of the Antietam Journal by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
Interpreting Themes for Experiencing the Antietam National Battlefield by Richard P. D’Ambrisi
Deception in the 40-acre cornfield? by Kevin Pawlak
Very Much Diminished: Straggling in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Maryland Campaign by Russell Rich
In Their Own Words
The Lost Passages of Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton’s report of the Battle of Antietam by Kevin Pawlak
Antietam Artifacts
Thomas Cutter, 35 Massachusetts Infantry by Joe Stahl
In Antietam’s Footsteps
Crampton Gap Loop Trail by J. O. Smith
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with Keith Snyder by Laura Marfut
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership List

Volume IV, March 2023
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column
This issue of the Antietam Journal by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
Confederate Defeat at South Mountain: Robert E. Lee’s Moment of hesitation on the Morning of September 14, 1862 by Alexander B. Rossino
Caution East of Frederick: McClellan in the Early Part of the Maryland Campaign by Darin Wipperman
Solving the Mystery of Two Antietam Regimental Commanders by Frank Bell
In Their Own Words
Voices of Sharpsburg’s Civilians – Mary Ellen Piper by Steven Cowie
Antietam Artifacts
Reunion Ribbons of the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry by Jon Tracy
In Antietam’s Footsteps
J.E.B. Stuart’s Chambersburg Raid by J. O. Smith
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with Dr. Thomas Clemens by Laura Marfut
On Potomac’s Waters by John Schildt
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership Honor Roll

Volume V, September 2023
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
Antietam’s Signatory: HENRY WINTERS NY by Tom & Colleen McMillan
“Credit to which it is entitled”: Perspectives on the Artillery at the Battle of Antietam by James A. Rosebrock
The Cast Iron Brigade by Sharon Murray
In Their Own Words
“It Shall Be Preserved” by W. Charles Young
Antietam Artifacts
Sergeant Edward Brackett’s Belt Buckle by Nicholas P. Picerno
In Antietam’s Footsteps
Antietam’s 5th Maryland Monument by J.O. Smith
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with Dr. Susan Trail by Laura Marfut
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership Honor Rolll

Volume VI, March 2024
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
Lee’s Delicate Condition by Steven R. Stotelmyer
“Without Praise and Without Censure”: Ezra Carman and the
Antietam Battlefield Board, An Appreciation by Wilson H. Beebe Jr.
In Their Own Words
The Diary of Lieutenant James Simons, Bachman’s (South Carolina)
Battery, Army of Northern Virginia by James A. Rosebrock
Antietam Artifacts
The Sword of Wilson Colwell, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry by Brian Wyland
In Antietam’s Footsteps
In Antietam’s Footsteps: The September 1862 Harpers Ferry Battlefield by J. O. Smith
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with Dennis Frye by Laura L. Marfut
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership Honor Roll

Volume VII, September 2024
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
Hood’s Final Attack at Fox’s Gap. by Steven R. Stotelmyer
Mystery and Murder at Antietam
Tom and Colleen McMillan
Earrings and Dinner at the Deaners by John W. Schildt .
In Their Own Words
“It seemed almost whole lines would melt away at once” by Andy Cardinal
Antietam Artifacts
Sergeant John Johnson’s ID Tag by Joseph Stahl
In Antietam’s Footsteps
Above the Burnside Bridge by J. O. Smith
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with John Banks by Laura L. Marfut
Antietam: Then and Now by Mike Doyle
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership Honor Roll

Volume VIII, March 2025
Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
Antietam’s Less-than-Valorous Leaders by Tom Clemens
Telling the Story on the Ground: Self-Guided Touring and Antietam Visitor by Wilson H. Beebe, Jr.
In Their Own Words
William H. Humphrey’s 1888 Speach on Antietam by Andy Cardinal
Antietam Artifacts
Lieutenant Arthur Dehon of the 12th Massachusetts Infantry by Joseph Stahl and Matthew Borders
In Antietam’s Footsteps
Touring the Miller Pasture by Michael Hill
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with Bob Brooks by Laura L. Marfut
Antietam: Then and Now by Chris Vincent
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership Honor Roll
Volume XI, September 2025

Table of Contents
The Editor’s Column by Kevin R. Pawlak
Antietam Institute Announcements
Feature Articles
Little Mac at the Front
By Steven R. Stotelmyer
“Truly This Is A Strange War:” The Letters of James Silliman (28th Pennsylvania) from the Maryland Campaign, 1862, Part I
By Olin D. Zimmet and Allen C. Guelzo
Hail to the Chief: Presidential Visits to Antietam
By John Schildt
In Their Own Words – The Antietam Report of Brigadier General Truman Seymour, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps
By Darin Wipperman
Antietam Artifacts
A Maryland Quartermaster on Sharpsburg Ridge
By Joseph Stahl and Matthew Borders
In Antietam’s Footsteps
Major General Daniel Harvey Hill Reconnoiters South Mountain
By Michael Hill
Institute Interview
Sitting Down with Chris Vincent
By Laura Marfut
Antietam: Then and Now
By Chris Vincent
Book Reviews
Contributor Biographies
Antietam Institute Membership Honor Roll
