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The Fallen Generals of Antietam
On September 17, 1862, outside the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland, and along the banks of Antietam Creek, Union and Confederate soldiers fought, bled, and died. That early autumn day is still the bloodiest single day—with 23,000 Americans as casualties—in American … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged Antietam, Antietam National Cemetery, Confederate Cemetery Hagerstown, Connecticut History in Bronze and Granite, Connecticut Monuments, George B. Anderson, Hagerstown, Isaac Rodman, Israel Richardson, Joseph Mansfield, Lawrence Branch, Maryland, MD, William Starke
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Prelude to Antietam
Antietam, Sharpsburg—whichever name you prefer, it characterizes the bloodiest single-day in American history. On the fields surrounding this bucolic western Maryland town, 23,000 men became casualties. Even before that bloody late summer day, the campaign had born casualties. Although definitely … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Monuments, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Alfred Pleasonton, Antietam, Antietam Campaign, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee, Illinois, Indiana, JEB Stuart, Maryland, New York, Richard Beale, Sesquicentennial, Thomas Munford, Union Cavalry, Virginia, Wade Hampton
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Illegal Lincoln? Maryland, Habeas Corpus and the President of the United States
In the pantheon of American civic and political heroes, Abraham Lincoln surely ranks near the top. The humble lawyer from Illinois became the leader of the fledgling United States in its darkest hour, skillfully maneuvering her through four nightmarish years … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Civilian, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Politics
Tagged 6th Massachusetts, Abraham Lincoln, baltimore, Brian Dirck, Carl Sandburg, civil liberties, Civil War, Constitution, Daniel Farber, David Herbert Donald, executive power, habeas corpus, indefinite detention, John Marshall, John Merryman, Joshua Kleinfeld, Mark Neely Jr., Maryland, national security, Roger B. Taney, secession, Supreme Court, writ of habeas corpus
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