Antietam

  • Antietam Battlefield Base Map

    For over three years, Aaron Holley, our cartographer, has been working on an Antietam Battlefield base map. Aaron Holley is a native of West Virginia and a lifetime student of the American Civil War. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry and a Master of Science in Forestry from West Virginia University and…

  • Civil War Trails sign at old Lutheran Church site

    New Designation for a Church Destroyed by Civil War On Thursday, August 24 members of the Antietam Institute helped hoist a new set of Civil War Trails signs into place where the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church once stood. This is the first Civil War Trails (CWT) site in downtown Sharpsburg officially adding the beautiful…

  • 2023 Sharpsburg Days – Lecture Series

    The Antietam Institute is sponsoring four lectures as part of the 2023 Sharpsburg Days on Saturday, October 7. Sharpsburg Days is a one-day event to commemorate the history and culture of Sharpsburg, Maryland which was founded in 1763. The four lectures will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church starting at 10am, until 3pm.…

  • “The Artillery and Brigades of Antietam” Speaker Series in the Pry Barn

    “The Artillery and Brigades of Antietam” Speaker Series in the Pry Barn

    Institute historian are back at the Pry House this summer for our “Artillery and Brigades of Antietam” speaker series. Come to the Pry House to hear the contributors of the Brigades of Antietam discuss in detail some of the brigades and the artillery that fought in the 1862 Maryland Campaign. The series is sponsored…

  • Antietam Institute Donates Funds for Artillery Marker Refurbishment at Antietam National Battlefield

    This past week we were honored to present Superintendent Susan Trail and the Antietam National Battlefield a $1,000.00 donation to support the refurbishment of the sixteen artillery display plaques that mark key artillery positions across the Antietam battlefield.  (Photo: L-R Keith Snyder, Chris Vincent, Susan Trail, and Miriam Cunningham) This donation was presented in…