Antietam

  • 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…

  • 2022 Fall Conference

    Over the whole weekend with the Antietam Institute, I was amazed not only by the hauntingly beautiful landscape, but by the amount of knowledge these people had. The selected leaders for the weekend all held so much information that they were more than willing to share with everyone in attendance. As a history major…

  • American Battlefield Trust donation for restoration of Antietam

    American Battlefield Trust donation for restoration of Antietam

    The Antietam Institute donated $2,500 to the American Battlefield Trust (ABT) specifically targeting removal of the non-period structures on the Katie Poffenberger farm on the Antietam battlefield.

  • Antietam Journal-Volume 2 is here!

    The second volume of the Antietam Journal is hot off the press. This edition features a variety of stories and analysis about the events of September 1862 in Maryland, with many of the lesser-known ones that are nonetheless important. The first titled “Davis’s ‘Valiant Coup’: Breaking the Union Cavalry out of Harpers Ferry, September…