Programs

  • 2025 Fall Conference Review

    2025 Fall Conference Review

    The 2025 Antietam Institute Fall Conference is in the books, and this year is one to remember. Taking place from October 3rd to the 5th, over 100 Institute members came out to learn, share knowledge, and network. On Day One, we all came together at Shepherd University to hear four different lectures from some…

  • Student Symposium Scholarship

    Student Symposium Scholarship

    We are pleased to announce that Trevor Huff from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland is a recipient of our Student Symposium Scholarships. Trevor is a 27-year-old Hood College third-year student and United States Army veteran. He is originally from Houston, TX, where he attended his first two years of college and completed an associate’s…

  • Frederick: the Crossroads of the Civil War                 John Schildt

    Frederick: the Crossroads of the Civil War John Schildt

    We’ll be wrapping up the Summer Lecture Series on August 25 with local historian, John Schildt presenting Frederick: the Crossroads of the Civil War Just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, Frederick, Maryland, was poised at the crossroads of the Civil War. Here, Confederate troops passed west to the Battles of Antietam and South Monocacy,…

  • Meade at War: General George Meade and the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865                                 Dr. Jen Murray

    Meade at War: General George Meade and the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865 Dr. Jen Murray

    Once prominently defined as the “Hero of Gettysburg,” General George G. Meade is often obscured by generals deeply embedded into the Civil War narrative–Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan or Lee and Jackson.  This program will explore Meade’s role in the Civil War, starting with his appointment as a brigade commander in the Pennsylvania Reserves to…

  • Little Mac at the Front – Steve Stotelmyer

    On August  11, battlefield guide and author, Steve Stotelmyer will discuss some of his latest research in his presentation – Little Mac at the Front. The accepted historical consensus of the Battle of Antietam portrays a sedentary McClellan at Antietam. The notion persists that, unlike his counterpart, Gen. Robert E. Lee, who visited several…