Maryland Campaign

  • The “Commanders of Antietam” Speaker Series in the Pry Barn

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

  • Commanders of Antietam

    We are pleased to announce that our Membership incentive book for 2024 will be Commanders of Antietam. Commanders of Antietam, the Union and Confederate Commanders at the Battle of Antietam is a comprehensive look at the biographies of both armies’ high command during the Maryland Campaign of September 1862. This treatment focuses on the lives…

  • 2023 Fall Conference

    We had an outstanding group of educators and historians leading the program for our third annual Fall Conference. This year’s theme was Prelude to Antietam: Forcing the South Mountain Gaps – looking at events of the Maryland Campaign of 1862 leading up to the battle of Antietam. Friday afternoon we kicked off with three featured speakers.…

  • 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…

  • “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…