Antietam Journal

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

Antietam Journal Vol. 1

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 2 on the HRC

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 3 on the HRC

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 4 on HRC

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 5 on the HRC

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 6 on the HRC

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 7 on the HRC

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