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“Nothing to the right!”: The plight of the 13th New Jersey – Marty Pritchett
The 13th New Jersey Infantry saw its “baptism of fire” at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, arriving only days after mustering in, and suffered heavy casualties, including the death of Captain Hugh C. Irish. Becoming one of the bloodiest engagements for the unit, the 13th New Jersey would place three monuments…
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“One of Abraham Lincoln’s 300,000: The 125th Pennsylvania Infantry” – D. Scott Kenepp
Learn about the recruitment and muster of the 125th Pennsylvania. See how this newly organized unit behaved in battle for the first time. How did the mortal wounding of XII Corps commander Joseph Mansfield change the trajectory of the 125th Pennsylvania? Follow the track of the regiment across the field as it engages the…
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Picture and Poetry at the Bloody Lane: 61st/64th New York Infantry – Jim Smith
“It was a picture—it was poetry.” So observed an Irish Brigade lieutenant who witnessed the advance of the 61st and 64th New York against the Bloody Lane on September 17, 1862. The combined regiments fought up and down the lane under the command of two Civil War luminaries—Harvard valedictorian Francis Channing Barlow and future…
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“They are flanking us! See, yonder’s a whole brigade!” – Garland’s (McRae’s) Brigade – Joe Stahl
On September 14, 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia lost one of its rising stars at Fox’s Gap with the death of General Samuel Garland, Jr.. Garland’s brigade was now commanded by Colonel Duncan Kirkland McRae, formerly head of the 5th North Carolina. Three days later, at Antietam, McRae’s 752 demoralized Tarheels would be…
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Dr. James Maddox, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and the Woodley farm
We will wrap up our “Ancestors at Antietam” programs on November 7, with a special tour of the historic St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and the Woodley Farm. The program was arranged by Saida Russell and Rev. Dr. Brandt L. Montgomery. Saida and her family own Woodley Farm which is on Sharpsburg Pike and just…